Does waiting for your prayer being granted by God a game of chance?

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Let say you prayed for it to rain but it didn’t. Few day later it rained. Isn’t this a game of chance? Given enough time, or even up to 1 month there is a possibility that it might rain.
 
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Let say you prayed for it to rain but it didn’t. Few day later it rained. Isn’t this a game of chance? Given enough time, or even up to 1 month there is a possibility that it might rain.
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Catechism of the Catholic Church
305 Jesus asks for childlike abandonment to the providence of our heavenly Father who takes care of his children’s smallest needs: “Therefore do not be anxious, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?”. . . Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well.” 167
167 Mt 6:31-33; cf. 10:29-31
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there was a child dying of brain tumours in Cork General hospital with his family gathered to say goodbye, It happened that the man from Yougal who has one of padre pio’s gloves was there visiting another person and seeing the boy, he laid the glove on him and he was instantly healed, he is alive thanks to the prayer and glove, would you call that chance?
 
Here is one clue. All prayer must be approached with the attitude of submission to God’s will, and little or no expectation that our desire ever be granted.
James 4:3
You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.
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@sevenswords Based on the speed of recovery, I would say no.
 
Matthew 7:7
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.“

No mention of chance
 
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Let say you prayed for it to rain but it didn’t. Few day later it rained. Isn’t this a game of chance? Given enough time, or even up to 1 month there is a possibility that it might rain.
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I think we should pray for strength and direction in our lives,

not magical gifts from the big sky daddy - you will be forever disappointed.
 
We must ask with humility and with obedience in our hearts. God deserves all thanks and praise. So, pray and know that God knows what is best for us.
 
God´s answers are “yes”, “no” and “silence” which usually means we have to wait. We do a lot of waiting 😁 because we simply don’t understand God´s will with our lives.
 
Prayer is always answered in a way that is good for our salvation. As Jesus says, prayer is answered “that your joy may be full” (John 16:24)–full joy is salvation. Perhaps not granting us what we ask is better for our salvation in a particular case, even if it means suffering (See Jesus’ own prayer in Matt. 26:39).

The Roman Catechism sums this up:
For God will either grant what is asked, and thus they will obtain their wishes; or He will not grant it, and that will be a most certain proof that what is denied the good by Him is not conducive either to their interest or their salvation, since He is more desirous of their eternal welfare than they themselves.
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We shouldn’t pray - to want this or that.

We should pray - for God’s will be done.

That’s a huge thing - ‘ not my will, but Thine will be done ‘.
 
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God´s answers are “yes”, “no” and “silence” which usually means we have to wait. We do a lot of waiting 😁 because we simply don’t understand God´s will with our lives.
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If we pray to a deity that neither of us believes exists or even if we pray to an inanimate object then the answers would also be “yes”, “no”, and “silence”.
 
I haven’t read all the posts and the following might have been already covered.

Every time we attend Mass, we pray in the Our Father “Your Will be done on earth as it is in Heaven” in the Our Father.
Therefore, when we pray for something, we ideally will pray “If it is Your Will”. This might be difficult at first, but over time, God’s Will can become one’s internalized disposition. God’s Will be done becomes our desire.
Thus prayer is never a waiting game because we know that God’s Will is always being done always and everywhere - and nothing can thwart it. This is a Doctrine of The Church. We call it Divine Providence. Read about it here - you will need to scroll down:

V V. GOD CARRIES OUT HIS PLAN: DIVINE PROVIDENCE
#302 The Catechism Of The Catholic Church, numbers 279 to 421

To fully embrace the Doctrine of Divine Providence as a personal spiritual reality, there are other theological subjects involved. Two,off the top of my head, are detachment and God’s Will as His Direct and His Permissive Will.
 
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