“In a weird way, it’s easier to do the fighting than to do the praying. It’s easier to do the discussing, it’s easier to do the arguing, it’s easier to try to convince than it is to stand & pray. Why is that? It’s easier to go to doctor after doctor after doctor, it’s easier to read different books, go to different seminars—it’s easier to try all these different things than pray. Why? Because we don’t really believe in the effectiveness of prayer. I’m happy to pray if I know at the end of the prayer, the problem is solved, but because we don’t see that direct one to one correlation, we would rather do something that seems more productive.”

—Fr. Anthony Messeh