that he will work with me to accomplish that job (and after this past year, i believe it), then i also believe that the time i spend in preparation for a community prayer is one of the times when he and i work on what the prayer will be. it is the time when he helps me to discern what concerns the group needs to have raised, and what words from him that he wants the community to hear. i write it down because, if he spends all of this effort sitting down with me to plan it, i don’t want to miss any of it. i want it to 