Welcome to our daily rosary meditation. Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen. Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

In the Our Father we pray, give us this day our daily bread.

In the Our Father, it's not till the second half of the prayer that we ask for something for ourselves.

But why, at the end of the day, should we ask God for anything?

He knows what we need before we ask.

So why bother asking?

Well, there's two reasons.

Because when we ask God for something, we remember that everything, everything good comes from him.

Asking God for things reminds us of our total reliance, our total dependence on Him for everything.

And that's the most basic truth there is.

If we don't keep that in mind, we won't be able to understand anything ever.

But secondly, because asking for things makes us appreciate them more when we get them.

Sometimes kids get stuff from their parents, food, shelter, care so automatically that they don't even notice it.

But when you ask, you do notice.

You have to notice enough to be able to formulate the request.

And since maybe the greatest source of all unnecessary unhappiness is taking our blessings for granted,

therefore asking God for his gifts is one of the greatest ways for us to stay happy.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallow it be your name.

Thy kingdom come by will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us to stay our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

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