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
perfect worship eternity
The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.
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.
desire worship
I desire only Him and to be wholly His.
soul desire worship
GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.
desire worship moments
To worship God in truth is further to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself if we desire it. Who will be so imprudent as to turn himself away, even for a moment, from the reverence, love, service and continual adoration which we most justly owe Him?
humility worship devotion
Do not always scrupulously confine yourself to certain rules, or particular forms of devotion, but act with a general confidence in GOD, with love and humility.
worship truth-is worship-god
To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.
prayer thinking presence-of-mind
One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the presence of God; and being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wanderings.
god-love enough straws
It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
god greatness matter
It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done.
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.
prayer gods-presence
Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence