Heard this one a long time ago: God always answers prayers. Sometimes, he just says no.

Whether it’s Madonna pleading for “World Peace” at the conclusion of her halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI (not long after British rapper M.I.A. flipped us the bird during her performance). Or whether it’s a supermodel imploring family and friends to pray for her husband to come out on top in the big game.

This being the age of instant information, Gisele Bundchen’s gushing e-mail on behalf of her “Tommy” prior to the Super Bowl became news. As did her reaction to fans taunting her on the way out of Lucas Oil Stadium with “Eli rules!” and “Eli owns your husband!” after Eli’s Giants prevailed over Tommy’s Patriots, 21-17.

Keeping with the theme of instant information, Bundchen was caught on camera after the game ripping her husband’s receivers for dropping passes. According to video obtained by gossip website The Insider, the Brazilian beauty threw New England’s receivers under the bus in rushing to Brady’s defense.

“You (need) to catch the ball when you’re supposed to catch the ball,” she is heard saying. “My husband cannot (expletive) throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time. I can’t believe they dropped the ball so many times.”

Ouch. That’s embarrassing.

For the record, Bundchen may have a point about some of the dropped passes, but I thought Tom Brady was just a little off on a couple of those passes. Aaron Hernandez flat out dropped a perfect pass, but one throw to Deion Branch was behind the receiver, and the most crucial pass of the game forced Wes Welker to twist in midair. Welker got his hands on the ball and usually makes receptions like that, but not this time. He accepted full blame for the drop, but I thought there was enough blame to go around.

As it turned out, Brady and the Patriots had time for one last Hail Mary pass into the end zone. Catch it, New England wins. But it was deflected and fell to the turf before tight end Rob Gronkowski could reach it.

God said no, and He meant it.