Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrectionserved as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember him for the intimacy he expressed concerning his relationship to God as recorded in a book compiled after his death, the classic Christian text, The Practice of the Presence of God...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionClergyman
CountryFrance
yield joy soul
That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.
delight
Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.
thinking quitting should
That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD’s Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries.
mind trouble tranquility
We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.
desire worship
I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
worship-music worship-god willing
To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself.
joy desire increase
The more we know Him, the more we will desire to know Him. As love increases with knowledge, the more we know God, the more we will truly love Him. We will learn to love Him equally in times of distress or in times of great joy.
offering grace might
My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to remain with You, in Your presence. Work with me, so that my work might be the very best. Receive as an offering of love both my work and all my affections.
desire employment knowing-god
Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.
wind sea soul
If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea.
religious practice soul
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 of centre of my soul as much as I can; and while I am so with Him I fear nothing; but the least turning from Him is insupportable.
neighbor loving-god
Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing.
people method finesse
People seek methods of learning to know God. Is it not much shorter and more direct to simply do everything for the love of Him? There is no finesse about it. One only has to do it generously and simply.
meals saint lord
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!