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The Practice of the Presence of God

Brother Lawrence (1614-1691) · Roman Catholic (Carmelite)

Conversations and letters of a Carmelite lay brother who learned to meet God in his kitchen work. Compiled after his death.

First published: Conversations and letters, 17th century; English edition 1895. About 46 minutes to read in 19 parts.

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Contents

1. 1First Conversation
2. 2Second Conversation
3. 3Third Conversation
4. 4Fourth Conversation
5. 5First Letter
6. 6Second Letter
7. 7Third Letter
8. 8Fourth Letter
9. 9Fifth Letter
10. 10Sixth Letter
11. 11Seventh Letter
12. 12Eighth Letter
13. 13Ninth Letter
14. 14Tenth Letter
15. 15Eleventh Letter
16. 16Twelfth Letter
17. 17Thirteenth Letter
18. 18Fourteenth Letter
19. 19Fifteenth Letter

Public domain. The author died more than seventy years ago and the work was published before 1931. Text from Project Gutenberg, lightly formatted for reading in Aide (Scripture references written in Roman numerals are shown in ordinary numerals so they can be tapped). Source: Project Gutenberg. The text is as the author wrote it, in the language of his day; spelling and punctuation may differ from today’s. Reading it is not an endorsement of everything it says.