It is the faith of a man lying in an operating room who prayed for the one who shot him before he prayed for himself.

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There in the Prayer Tower, under the eternal gas flame, Mr Roberts prayed for all who asked him to.

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He prayed for good to come, for his mom and for him, since God was like magic, and happiness might come the way of early morning, in the trees and bushes full of sparrows next to his open window, louder and louder when he listened hard, eyes closed.

NEWYORKER: Uncle Rock