Brother Lawrence Spiritual Quotes — Page 4

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Monk, Cook

Spiritual

“The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through all eternity.”

Perfect Worship Eternity

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Brother Lawrence

Monk, Cook

Spiritual

“Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be feared these trifles will one day cost us dear.”

One Day Cost Rude

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Spiritual

“The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace.”

Soul Grace

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Spiritual

“God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.”

Light Doubt

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Spiritual

“Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone.”

Thinking Night Diversion

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Spiritual

“We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.”

Giving Spiritual Joy

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Spiritual

“That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.”

Surrender Deceiving Trust In God

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Spiritual

“Many do not advance in Christian progress because they stick in penances and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of God, which is the end.”

Christian Exercise Progress

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Spiritual

“We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.”

Mind Trouble Tranquility

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Spiritual

“O my God, since thou art with me, and i must now, in obedience to thy commands, apply my mind to these outward things, i beseech thee to grant me the grace to continue in thy presence; and to this end do thou prosper me with thy assistance, receive all my works, and possess all my affections." (Bro. Lawrence implored His grace and offered to Him all his actions).”

Art Mind Grace

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Spiritual

“Let all our employment be to know GOD: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, the deeper and more extensive our knowledge shall be, the greater will be our love: and if our love of GOD were great, we should love Him equally in pains and pleasures.”

Pain Desire Employment

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Spiritual

“That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.”

Views Flower Winter

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Brother Lawrence — Spiritual Quotes

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