The Practice of the Presence of God

The great Catholic humanitarian Dorothy Day identifies these writings as a hidden treasure in her introduction to this edition, and says that the collection of letters and writings and meant to help the reader identify a "sense of the presence of God in the soul, and indeed in the world about us." these writings from the mid-1600s have startling clarity and relevance for the modern reader. Friends may identify with Brother Lawrence's assertion that "We may make a chapel of our heart" and that "There is no need to cry very loudly, for He is nearer to us than we think."