Brother Lawrence

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  • Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (born Nicolas Herman, 1614 –1691) was a French Catholic religious brother who served at a Discalced Carmelite monastery, what is now Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes in Paris. He is best remembered for a posthumous book of his writing, the classic Christian text The Practice of the Presence of God.

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Pray in noise and clatter

"The time of business does not with me differ from the time of prayer, and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling... Read more.