To ask
See also: prayer, Rosary, The "Hail Mary" (Ave Maria), To Pray, Prayer, Supplication.
The request made to God is a form of prayer, just as ADoration, praise, and the confession of our faults are.
In "The Gospel as it was revealed to me"[edit | edit source]
- Ask and you shall receive.[1]
- Jesus: I also declare to you that if two of you on the earth agree to ask anything in prayer, my Father who is in heaven will give it to them.[2]
- For those who have faith in Him, God always exceeds the requests of His children.[3]
In fundamental Christian texts[edit | edit source]
In the Bible[edit | edit source]
- I ask for only one thing from the Lord, but I truly desire it.[4]
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.[5]
- First of all, I urge that petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgiving be made to God for all people.[6]
- You do not have because you do not ask God. And if you ask, you do not receive, because your intentions are evil: you want to spend it all on your pleasures.[7]
- We receive from God whatever we ask, because we obey His commandments and do what pleases Him.[8]
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church[edit | edit source]
- What prayer is.[9]
- Prayer in the Old Testament.[10]
- Prayer in the fullness of time (New Testament).[11]