God's Will.
Jesus promised : Whatever we ask according to his will, he will grant us, but how do we know what we ask is according to God's will? Many times it's hard to discern but Merton's Prayer (Thoughts in Solitude) may help us.
"My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going; I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire, And I know that if I do this you will  lead me by the right road, though I may  know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust  you always  though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death, I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone." 
Jesus gave us the example in seeking God's will at all times, when He thought us how to pray:  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven...... , Seeking and remaining in God's will enabled him to drink the bitter cup of death, death on a cross. The season of Lent is a period of seeking/discovering and doing God's will,
Happy and blessed Lenten journey.