When his disciples asked for help in learning how to pray, Jesus’s response was disarmingly simple. We’re to focus on wanting what God wants—may His Name be hallowed, not mine; His Will be advanced, not mine—and when it comes to asking for anything for ourselves, we should ask for . . . bread, for today. Not stable housing a year out, not steady employment into the next decade. Just a loaf of bread. And just for today.
