Fourth Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
I have taken the liberty to impart to you these good sentiments that you may compare them with your own. May they serve to re-kindle them, if at any time they may be even a little cooled.
Third Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
I hope the affliction God has sent him will help him do some reflection and inner searching and that it may prove to be a wholesome remedy to him. It is a chance for him to put all his trust in God who accompanies him everywhere. Let him think of Him as much as he can, especially in time of great danger.
Second Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
In conversation some days ago a devout person told me the spiritual life was a life of grace, which begins with servile fear, which is increased by hope of eternal life, and which is consummated by pure love.
First Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence’s letters are the very heart and soul of what is titled ‘The Practice of the Presence of God’. All of these letters were written during the last ten years of his life.
Fourth Conversation – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
We might accustom ourselves to a continual conversation with Him with freedom and in simplicity. We need only to recognize God intimately present with us and address ourselves to Him every moment.
Third Conversation – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence told me that the foundation of the spiritual life in him had been a high notion and esteem of God in faith. When he had once well established his faith he had no other care but to reject every other thought so he might perform all his actions for the love of God.