To pray is certainly an act of faith.
Because to pray means that we believe we are communicating with God.
Jesus tells us in the gospel that everything that you ask and pray for, believe that we have it already, and it will be yours.
That sounds like a "blank cheque", which seems too good to be true.
But on the other hand, we also know that not all that we ask for in prayer is given.
Some of us may even say that God doesn't seem to listen to our prayer and give us what we ask for.
But what is it that we are asking for in prayer?
Are we praying that God will give us the grace to forgive whatever we have against anybody?
As Jesus said in the gospel, if we do not forgive, our Father in heaven will not forgive our failing either.
Let us ask for forgiveness from God, so that we will be able to forgive others who have wronged us.
We can be certain that when we ask for that, it will be given in full measure and flowing over.