in the bidding prayers we ask you for things.
really, though, it is you who are asking us:
that the sick be healed,
that the children be loved.
that those who are dying may know peace.
that those who work know fulfilment.
that our planet may thrive
and that all have enough to eat and drink.
in our prayer then we listen to what you are asking
but then we must go to try to make these things happen.