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SUMMARY:Reading: Weekday
DESCRIPTION:An Excerpt from The Practice of the Presence of God 2\nby Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection \n…A soul depends on grace in proportion to its desire for greater perfection.\nGod’s help is necessary at every moment because without it the soul can do nothing.\nThe world\, nature\, and the devil together wage war so fiercely and so relentlessly\nthat\, without this special help and this humble\, necessary dependence\, they would\ncarry off the soul against its will… \nThe holiest\, most ordinary\, and most necessary practice of the spiritual life is\nthat of the presence of God. It is to take delight in and become accustomed to his\ndivine company\, speaking humbly and conversing lovingly with him all the time\, at\nevery moment\, without rule or measure\, especially in times of temptation\, suffering\,\naridity\, weariness\, even infidelity and sin. \nWe must continually apply ourselves so that all our actions\, without\nexception\, become a kind of brief conversation with God\, not in a contrived manner\nbut coming from the purity and simplicity of our hearts… \nDuring our work and other activities\, even during our reading and writing\, no\nmatter how spiritual – and\, I emphasize\, even during our religious exercises and\nvocal prayers – we must stop for a moment\, as often as possible\, to adore God in the\ndepths of our hearts\, to savor him\, even though in passing and stealthily. Since you\nare aware that God is present to you during your actions\, that he is in the depths\nand center of your heart\, stop your activities and even your vocal prayers\, at least\nfrom time to time\, to adore him within\, to praise him\, to ask his help\, to offer him\nyour heart\, and to thank him. Nothing is more pleasing to God than to turn away\nfrom all creatures many times throughout the day to withdraw and adore him\npresent within. Moreover\, this turning inward imperceptibly destroys self-love\nfound only among creatures. In the end\, we can offer God no greater evidence of\nour fidelity than by frequently renouncing and scorning creatures in order to enjoy\ntheir Creator for a moment. I do not mean by this that you must withdraw forever\nfrom your duties\, for that would be impossible; prudence\, the mother of all virtues\,\nmust be your guide… \nAll these adorations must be made by faith\, believing that God is truly in our\nhearts\, that we must adore\, love\, and serve him in spirit and in truth\, that he sees\neverything that happens and will happen in us and in all creatures; that he is\nindependent of everything and the one on whom all creatures depend\, infinite in\nevery kind of perfection. He is the one who\, by virtue of his infinite excellence and\nsovereign domain\, deserves all that we are as well as everything in heaven and on\nearth\, of which he can dispose as he wishes in time and in eternity. All our\nthoughts\, words and actions belong by right to him… We must have recourse to God\nwith complete confidence at the moment of combat\, remain firm in the presence of\nhis divine majesty\, adore him humbly\, bring him our miseries and weaknesses\, and\nlovingly ask him for the help of his grace. In this way we will find every virtue in\nhim without our having any of our own. \n2 Br Lawrence of the Resurrection. The Practice of the Presence of God. Trans. Salvatore Sciurba\, OCD.\nWashington\, D.C.: ICS Publications\, 1994. 35-37.
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