Ibrahim offers a prayer for his beloved wife, Suad, hoping she will have a happy life and that they will be "together for ever".
The scene summoned the moment in Robert Graves's "I, Claudius" when Emperor Caligula declares himself a god in the Roman Senate; a fawning solon instantly offers a prayer.
The prayer request is then zapped to a church volunteer, who offers a prayer and then writes a personal reply to the visitor.
The priest washes his hands, and he offers a prayer of thanks to God (quietly or aloud, if no song is being sung) for the gifts of bread and wine that presently will be changed into Christ's body and blood.
He offers a prayer before each meal, and he has given the extra bedroom in his town house to friends, including a backup goalkeeper and a fashion designer, in need of indefinite stays.
While insisting on "our enduring commitment to Israel's security", Obama's message offers a prayer for "peace between Israel and her neighbours" and pledges to "work to alleviate the suffering, poverty, injustice, and hunger of those who are not yet free".
