We've been praying for her safe return, and now our 'prayers have been answered'. = We've been praying for her safe return, and now God has 'answered our prayers'. [=she has returned safely]
The house seemed like the 'answer to all my prayers'. [=the house had everything that I hoped for]
She told the children to say their 'prayers' before they went to sleep.
(..) I've been pretty unexceptional lately. It's got me wondering if I'm prophecy-worthy. They say that when the gods wish to torture us... they answer our prayers. Necklace of Harmonia, Hercules' bow, Golden Apple of Discord. Three millennia of gods and demigods... you'd think that someone would have (..)2013 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters