Even as the setting sun silhouettes these gigantic structures against the great desert expanse, a call for prayer floats over semi-finished apartment blocks filled with the activity of city life.

在广阔的沙漠中，夕阳映照出这些巨大建筑的轮廓，但在充满城市生活活力的半成品公寓楼上空，传来了祈祷的召唤。

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And so he wrote letter after letter to universities all across America until somebody, somewhere answered his prayer for a better life.

所以他一封接一封地给美国各大学写信，直到有人从某个地方回应了他对更美好生活的祈祷。

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I have experienced the power of prayer in my own life, and I have talked and worked with many others who have benefited greatly from the help of prayer.

我在自己的生活曾经体验过祈祷的力量，而且我与很多在祈祷的帮助下获益良多的其他人交谈过，也在一起工作过。

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To dedicate his life to prayer.

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Benedict will now dedicate himself to a life of private prayer in the service of the Church, according to the Vatican.

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With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.

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