“And thou hast seen no prayers answered.” “It is not that,” she corrected him. “It is my acceptance, finally, that our Lord has His plan for us and it is not for me to try and influence His vision. We cannot—and so it has come to me of late that there is no reason to appeal.” “I have heard it argued that prayer does not change God’s mind; rather, it changes us.” “The act.” “Yes, the act.”