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The Practice of the Presence of God

  • 99 pages · about 2 hours
  • First published 1692
  • 16 editions

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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: spirituality, a true life story, and a short read.

  • Spiritual life
  • Biography & autobiography
  • Catholic authors
  • Christian life
  • Catholic Church
  • Religion
  • Prayers
  • Religious

2 About Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

1611–1691

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (born Nicolas Herman; c. 1614 – 12 February 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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