Give Us, Father, What is Fitting for Us

Is there anyone, however foolish, who when he is about to ask for something from an important person doesn't think over how he should go about asking? He must find favor with this person and not seem rude. He thinks about what he should ask for and why he needs it especially if he is asking for something significant, which is what our good Jesus teaches us to ask for. There is something it seems to me that should be noted: Couldn't You, my Lord, have concluded the Our Father with the words: 'Give us, Father, what is fitting for us?' It doesn't seem there would have been need to say anything else to One who understands everything so well.

- St. Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, 30:1