Catechesis: Second Petition

Now we pray for both these things. We pray that the kingdom may come to those who are not yet in it, and, by daily growth that it may come to us who have received it, both now and hereafter in eternal life. III:53

"Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." For how could He allow us to suffer lack and to be desperate for temporal things when He promises to give us what is eternal and never perishes? III:58