In this episode, we hear of Brother Lawrence's unshakable faith in God and we can learn to have God's graces flow into us like a Holy torrent. He also recounts one of his own favorite, personal prayers -- "My God, here I am all devoted to Thee: Lord, make me according to Thy heart," God bless. 

In this episode, we hear of Brother Lawrence's unshakable faith in God and we can learn to have God's graces flow into us like a Holy torrent. He also recounts one of his own favorite, personal prayers -- "My God, here I am all devoted to Thee: Lord, make me according to Thy heart," God bless. 

In this episode about The Practice of the Presence of God and the Spiritual Maxims book by Brother Lawrence, we hear about this devout monk's spiritual advice to a wounded soldier and how that soldier can become closer to God by practicing the presence of God, by doing this "holy exercise," in degrees -- starting small and getting easier and bigger with time. Hope you enjoy. God bless. 

In this episode about The Practice of the Presence of God and the Spiritual Maxims book by Brother Lawrence, we hear about this devout monk's spiritual advice to a wounded soldier and how that soldier can become closer to God by practicing the presence of God, by doing this "holy exercise," in degrees -- starting small and getting easier and bigger with time. Hope you enjoy. God bless. 

In this episode, we hear-- in Brother Lawrence's own words-- how he had purposefully decided to abandon all prayers except for a continual devotion to feeling the presence of God around him, as if God himself was always near, and how this "Practice of the Presence of God" caused him to feel such sweet and total rapture from God, and about God, in all his daily activities. To Brother Lawrence, God delighted himself incessantly with this Carmelite monk from the 1600s "in a thousand and a thousand ways." May you find this same love and peace. God bless. 

In this episode, we hear-- in Brother Lawrence's own words-- how he had purposefully decided to abandon all prayers except for a continual devotion to feeling the presence of God around him, as if God himself was always near, and how this "Practice of the Presence of God" caused him to feel such sweet and total rapture from God, and about God, in all his daily activities. To Brother Lawrence, God delighted himself incessantly with this Carmelite monk from the 1600s "in a thousand and a thousand ways." May you find this same love and peace. God bless. 

In this episode, we hear Brother Lawrence recount, from his own written hand, how to experience being "wholly God's" and "holy freedom" merely by practicing his easy spiritual method of focusing exclusively, and without worry, on feeling God's presence beside you every day. God bless. 

In this episode, we hear Brother Lawrence recount, from his own written hand, how to experience being "wholly God's" and "holy freedom" merely by practicing his easy spiritual method of focusing exclusively, and without worry, on feeling God's presence beside you every day. God bless. 

In this discussion of the Fourth Conversation contained in the book, The Practice of the Presence of God and the Spiritual Maxims, we hear Brother Lawrence describe how easily the virtues of faith, hope, and charity can be practiced simply by perseverance in focusing on the presence of God in all things. This simple formula has transformed the lives of countless readers over the intervening centuries and was the reason that many visitors sought out this simple Carmelite monk in France in the 1600s. They wanted to experience the sublime peace and surety that he had in all his daily activities simply by remembering that God was with him always, and would not fail him. Indeed, he found this method to be a surer method of finding God than even daily prayers. God bless. 

In this discussion of the Fourth Conversation contained in the book, The Practice of the Presence of God and the Spiritual Maxims, we hear Brother Lawrence describe how easily the virtues of faith, hope, and charity can be practiced simply by perseverance in focusing on the presence of God in all things. This simple formula has transformed the lives of countless readers over the intervening centuries and was the reason that many visitors sought out this simple Carmelite monk in France in the 1600s. They wanted to experience the sublime peace and surety that he had in all his daily activities simply by remembering that God was with him always, and would not fail him. Indeed, he found this method to be a surer method of finding God than even daily prayers. God bless.