Eighth Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
I do not advise you to use multiplicity of words in prayer. Many words and long discourses are often the occasions of wandering. Hold yourself in prayer before God, like a dumb or paralytic beggar at a rich man’s gate.
Seventh Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
Gradually become accustomed to worship Him in this way; to beg His grace, to offer Him your heart from time to time; in the midst of your business, even every moment if you can.
Sixth Letter – THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD – Brother Lawrence
I cannot imagine how religious persons can live satisfied without the practice of the presence of God. For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth and center of my soul as much as I can.
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.