‘DO YOU ANSWER EVERY PRAYER?’ (Mt 7:7-12): 14 February 2008 (Valentine’s Day, Thursday)
Today’s Readings
In Lars von Trier’s 1996 film “Breaking the Waves,” Bess (played by Oscar-nominated Emily Watson) is a naive, simple-minded woman who has a strange way of praying. On her knees, she speaks to God, and responds to her own prayers as God in another, lower voice. For example, she asks God a question timidly, then she changes her voice–and facial expression–to answer the question.