(October 7, 2019 at 10:50 pm)possibletarian Wrote: Prayer by necessity is for what you personally want
Right. But that doesn't mean you expect God or Santa Claus to hand it over.
Not long ago, the Pope said, "You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works."
Kierkegaard, though not Catholic, would agree with this, as would many modern Christians. It doesn't involve supernatural presents.