“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.””
Quotes by of the Resurrection, Brother Lawrence
“He is always near you and with you. Leave Him not alone. You would think it rude to leave a friend alone who came to visit you. Why, then, must God be neglected?””
“It is not enough to know God as a theory, from what we read in books or feel some fleeting motions of affection for Him brief as the wave of feeling, or glimpse of the divine that prompts them. Our faith must be alive, and we must make it so.””
The Practice of the Presence of God:
of the Resurrection, Brother LawrenceBrother Lawrence, a French Carmelite monk, is best known for his spiritual writings that emphasize the importance of maintaining a constant awareness of God's presence in everyday life. Born Nicolas H...