The Practice of the Presence of God
The Practice of the Presence of God records the counsel of Nicolas Herman, known as Brother Lawrence, a lay brother who worked for decades in the kitchen of the Carmelite monastery in Paris and died in 1691. After his death a priest who had visited him, Joseph de Beaufort, published the notes of four conversations with him and a group of his letters. Their teaching is simple: that one can keep God continually in mind while peeling vegetables or mending sandals as well as in chapel, that this habit is formed by small acts of attention repeated through the day, and that failures should be noticed and forgotten. The book is very short and has been read across every Christian tradition. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence is filed under "Religion & Mythology" in the Vinteuil library.
