Did Brother Lawrence achieve that height? Well, I believe so.
Now, Aquinas said the pinnacle of all our spiritual experiences is to See God. Supremely happy, he said, for he had reached the summation of his Life’s Quest. This unparalleled classic has given both blessing and instruction to those who can be content with nothing less than knowing God in all His majesty and feeling His loving presence throughout each simple day.moreīrother Lawrence was a simple man. I am blessing God, praising Him, adoring Him, and loving Him with all my heart.” He learned to cultivate the deep presence of God so thoroughly in his own heart that he was able to joyfully exclaim, “I am doing now what I will do for all eternity.
We must merely open our hearts to receive Him and His loving presence.Īs a humble cook, Brother Lawrence learned an important lesson through each daily chore: The time he spent in communion with the Lord should be the same, whether he was bustling around in the kitchen-with several people asking questions at the same time-or on his knees in prayer. It is the art of “practicing the presence of God in one single act that does not end.” He often stated that it is God who paints Himself in the depths of our souls. We must merely ope Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found hereīrother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth. Alternative cover edition of ISBN 0883681056 can be found here Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the kingdom of God here on earth.
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