As our Lord took leave of his disciples, promising them the coming of the Holy Spirit and the power that would be thereby transmitted to them and through them, he repeated a promise which he had made before. He was attempting to reiterate the power that we have at our fingertips, if we only believe it. Actually, it concerns the subject of prayer, because any petition addressed to Christ is a prayer. So when he says: "Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it," we have the whole key to the power of prayer. The reason many of our prayers go apparently unanswered or are answered only with a negative silence is the fact that the petition is not addressed in Christ’s name. The whole power of prayer depends upon that qualifying statement: "Whatever you ask in my name." If we are skeptical becaus…