Brother Lawrence says that the practice of the presence of God is "the essence of the spiritual life, and it seems to me that by practicing it properly you become spiritual in no time."
Quote of the day, 3 May: Brother Lawrence
Quote of the day, 23 April: Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence gives us a lesson in Easter faith when he writes, "What consoles me in this life is that I see God by faith..."
2022 Online Lenten Retreat: “Let’s get started!”
Throughout the weeks of Lent, Saint Luke and the Carmelite saints will introduce us to the mystery of Divine Mercy in preparation for the great Easter feast. In Week Three, Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection says that God in his mercy lets us make up for lost time so that we can return to him in trust and abandonment. "He is always ready to receive us lovingly."
Quote of the day, 10 March: Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence reasons with a woman in spiritual direction: "You would consider it rude to leave a friend who is visiting you by himself; then why abandon God and leave him alone? Do not forget him..."
Quote of the day, 19 February: Brother Lawrence
Joseph de Beaufort learned in his first conversation with Brother Lawrence that "we must nourish our souls with an exalted idea of God, and thereby we will draw great joy from being with him."
Quote of the day, 12 February: Brother Lawrence
Six days before Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection died on 12 February 1691 at the monastery on Rue de Vaugirard in Paris, he wrote to a Blessed Sacrament Nun: “I hope for the merciful grace of seeing him in a few days.”
Quote of the day, 7 January: Brother Lawrence
A soul depends on grace in proportion to its desire for greater perfection. God's help is necessary at every moment because, without it, the soul can do nothing.
Quote of the day, 26 October: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
God is spirit and we must adore him in spirit and in truth, that is, with humble, authentic adoration of spirit in the depths and center of our souls.
Quote of the day, 18 September: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
We must work gently and lovingly with God, asking him to accept our work
A Carmelite response to the sexual abuse crisis
In the year 2021, the Catholic Church's sexual abuse crisis continues. But the wise response of the Carmelite saints endures: prayer, perfection and the search for truth.
Quote of the day, 5 August: Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection
God's help is necessary at every moment because without it the soul can do nothing.
Novena to Our Lady of Mount Carmel 2021: Day 5
It is there that the soul speaks to God... in a deep and profound peace that the soul enjoys in God
Quote of the day, 1 June: Brother Lawrence
If the ship of our soul is still beaten by the winds or the storm, we must wake the Lord who is resting there, and he will immediately calm the sea
Quote of the day, 13 April: Brother Lawrence
We do not always have to be in church to be with God. We can make of our hearts an oratory where we can withdraw from time to time
Quote of the day, 17 March: Brother Lawrence
God is often closer to us in times of sickness and suffering than when we enjoy perfect health
Quote of the day, 12 February: Brother Lawrence
"My God, I am all yours; Lord, fashion me according to your heart."
Quote of the day, 26 January: Brother Lawrence
We must stop for a moment, as often as possible, to adore God in the depths of our hearts
Quote of the day, 13 January: Brother Lawrence
I renounced for the sake of his love everything other than God, and I began to live as if only he and I existed in the world
Quote of the day, 9 December: Brother Lawrence
We must not seek consolations from this exercise, but must do it from a motive of love
Quote of the day: 3 September
They must take care that their minds do not wander or return to creatures
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