Prayer

Let's talk about prayer, the invocation of a deity. Attempting to contact higher powers is the basis of religion, often accompanied by sacrifices--goods, animals, beautiful maidens--to get God's attention, sort of a quid pro quo arrangement. Another method of stacking the deck is asking others to pray--friends, family, a nation--with the hope that God is influenced by numbers.  Often a prominent religious figure--a rabbi, a priest, a dead saint--is asked to pray for certain causes--as if God is more inclined to listen to his/her entreaties.  

But, as we all have learned, celestial blessings are not as automatic as an ATM machine.  Besides, Fio has always wondered--God being all-knowing, doesn't He know what people need without them having to tell Him?

Nevertheless Fio still prays--constantly.