his friends, the will of the father might have been for him to face these most trying moments on his own--the way that people who are on the brink of death need to have that space between them and others to make their own peace with the next part of their journey. that being said, i also wanted to share something that i try to do on first fridays. i'm not always successful but i try to make that day one of praise and thanksgiving--no requests on my part. it's hard because once you have jesus all to yourself, it's a real temptation to fill it with "what can you 