Monastic & Mystic Prayers
Prayer of Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (c.
Lord of all pots and pans and things,
make me a saint by getting meals
and washing up the plates.
I cannot kneel in the choir,
nor climb the heights of prayer;
but let me do my small work well
and find you waiting there.
O God of the kitchen and the common day,
teach me to do everything for love of you,
and to know that the time of business
differs nothing from the time of prayer;
for in the noise and clatter of my kitchen,
while several persons are calling for different things,
I possess God in as great tranquillity
as if I were upon my knees. Amen.
The Practice of the Presence of God
About the prayer
1614–1691) spent thirty years in a Carmelite kitchen in Paris and taught what he called the practice of the presence of God. This prayer draws directly on his conversations and letters.
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