Prayer leads to our redemption, I gather (9)
I believe the answer is:
collector
'i gather' is the definition.
(someone who gathers things together)
'prayer leads to our redemption' is the wordplay.
'prayer' becomes 'collect' (collect is a type of prayer).
'leads to' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'our redemption' is 'or'.
'collect'+'or'='COLLECTOR'
(Other definitions for collector that I've seen before include "taxman?" , "Accumulator, gatherer" , "Accunulator, gatherer" , "Acquirer of antiques, taxes, etc" , "Specimen gatherer" .)