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 cording to  the  intentions  of  our  Holy  Father the Pope;  for  his  welfare  and  for  the  needs and interests  of  our  Holy  Mother  the  Church; for bishops,  priests,  and  superiors;  for  our country; for  universal  peace;  for  the  conversion of  sinners,  heretics,  and  pagans;  and last but  not  least  for  the  poor  holy  souls  in purgatory.

As we  read  in  the  treatise  on  "Prayer" quoted above:  In  praying  for  temporal  favors for ourselves,  we  can  claim  unconditionally only the  necessaries  of  life;  in  the  Our  Father we are  taught  to  pray  for  'our  daily  bread '; this does  not  include  superfluities  or  luxuries; and the  words  'deliver  us  from  evil,'  do  not necessarily include,  as  we  have  seen,  deliverance from  physical  evils,  for  the  evil  here meant is  sin  and  all  that  leads  to  sin. We have no  reason  to  hope  that  God  will  hear our prayers  for  those  temporal  favors  that may prove  hurtful  to  our  salvation,  or  that He will  exempt  us  from  certain  corporal  pains and trials,  if  such  an  exemption  would  lead us to  sin  or  endanger  our  salvation. The granting of  such  prayers  would  be,  not  a  favor, but a  terrible  punishment. We should,  then, ask for  temporal  favors  conditionally  —  that is, under  the  condition  that  they  may  promote our  salvation,  or  at  least  not  hinder  it.