Need to read again to take it all in. How I would love to live that way with God ever-present in my thoughts, but I struggle with the actual practice. ( )

First read this when a recent convert. A classic for everyone. Gave my copy to a Protestant aunt. Not sure she read it, for fear of Catholicism, but I benefited much when I read it. What a humble man is Brother Lawrence! ( )

All-time greatest manual on personal discipleship. ( )

[from back cover] "Brother Lawrence was a man of humble beginnings who discovered the greatest secret of living in the Kingdom of God here on earth. 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 soul. We must merely open our hearts to receive Him and His loving presence. As 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." ( )

Brother Lawrence's classic text shows how an ordinary person can consecrate his or her life, however uneventful, totally to the ever Present God.