praying

So, I might have this praying thing wrong. A couple weeks ago our Pastor was saying that he and his wife were on a trip recently and they wanted to have breakfast at IHOP. So he tried to find it by driving down this one street and he had no luck. So he tried another - again no luck. Well, just as he was going to turn around again there it was - IHOP. He said God had answered his prayers.

So my question is, do I have this praying thing wrong? Do Lutheran's and other groups pray differently than Catholics? What if I was praying for IHOP when another child was praying for his mom not to die of cancer? And God answered my IHOP prayer instead of the cancer one. I'm sorry but my good Catholic conscience says I should feel guilty, and I do. I didn't even pray for IHOP but I feel guilty.

Maybe it's just me. I don't know.

I'm going to volunteer more at church so that I can understand this better.

What you cannot pray for...

Recently someone I know was praying for a bathtub. This someone had recently been on a mission trip to Africa where she met orphaned children suffering with AIDS, extremem poverty, extreme hunger and dispare. She had to travel through several countries that were experiencing violent political warfare. All this concludes me to say: you can't pray for a bathtub.

Here is a list of things I don't think you are allowed to pray for:

1. bathtub (obviously)
2. a Michael's coupon
3. bacon
4. a hot tub
5. dijon mustard
6. a monkey, for a pet (you can pray for the health & well being of a monkey though)
7. post-it notes
8. leaves falling off your tree not to end up in your zero landscaping front yard
9. a new desk when you already have 3
10. Zombies... they are evil and scary, why would you pray for them?!?!

NOTE: I don't think this person has prayed for all of these, just some of them.

NOTE II: I hope she never finds my blog.