As Christians, we should not shrink from pleading in prayer to God. Rather, let it occupy a routine place in our prayer lives.Fulton Sheen wrote These Are the Sacraments in 1962. The majority of his insights are based on the liturgical rites for each of the sacraments in 1962. The Lord's displeasure I must bear, I that have sinned against him, till at last, he admits my plea, and grants redress" (Micah 9). It should be obvious why adoration is part of priesthood, and also part of spiritual fatherhood: prayer is an essential part of these. The essence of our vocation is a free response to the loving face of Christ. When Christ looks at us, he loves us, as the Gospel of Mark so poignantly notes. Take heart and to see that the Lord is accomplishing something through your prayers, something greater than if he were to give you what you desire. A new spirit begins to pervade our work.