Does Prayer Really Work? Does God Even Care?

[Michael]

Does it heal the sick? Look at who it was that worked with lepers, and with AIDs victims in Africa. It was very largely nuns. Prayer is central to their vocation. I would say it can also very definitely help heal depression and anxiety. Personally, I've never seen compelling evidence of physical illnesses healed, though I know others would argue with me there. But I don't have to see that to see that prayer does, often through the caring hands of others, heal. Prayer does have a beneficial effect - individually and in society. This seems beyond any reasonable doubt to me.

Does it help win football matches? Frankly, I don't care. But cricket, ah, that might be different :-)

And with that I must go for evening prayer +