To go through life with eyes open for God, to see Christ in oppressed and unimportant people — that is what praying and watching is all about. We believe so that we can see, not so that we can shut our eyes to the world. We believe so that we can see — and can endure what we see.
If we want to sum up what watching and praying is about, we have to say: it is about an attentive life. Goodwill and helpfulness are fine, but they are not enough. Attentiveness is necessary, so that we can do the right thing at the right time in the right place.
— Jurgen Moltmann, Walking with God in a Fragile World by James Langford, editor, Leroy S. Rouner, editor