Waleed J. Iskandar



~ Brother Lawrence ~

Brother Lawrence is Nicholas Herman of Lorraine. He was a brother among the Carmelites. He lived in France from 1610 to 1691.

The main theme that runs through the message of Our Lord as so well presented by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in The Gospel, can be stated simply: "God's will is love". All good comes from the love of God. Love is His nature. Love is the principle upon which God made us and the foundation of all His creation. "Always be with God. Do nothing, say nothing, and think nothing which may displease Him. Do this without any other view than purely for the love of Him and because He deserves infinitely more." - Brother Lawrence

"I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He, and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world." - Brother Lawrence

To be blessed is to "walk before God simply, in faith, with humility and with love." - Brother Lawrence

"The more one knows God, the greater one desires to know Him. Knowledge is commonly the measure of love. The deeper and more extensive our knowledge, the greater is our love." - Brother Lawrence

"All things are possible to him who believes, they are less difficult to him who hopes, they are easier to him who loves, and still more easy to him who practices and perseveres in these three virtues." - Brother Lawrence

3 "Prayer Tips" from Brother Lawrence: Our Only Business is to Love and Delight Ourselves in God. That All Bodily Mortifications and Other Exercises are Useless, but as They Serve to Arrive at the Union with God by Love. We Ought, Without Anxiety, to Expect the Pardon of Our Sins from the Blood of Jesus Christ, Only Endeavouring to love Him With all our Hearts. - Brother Lawrence

We should establish ourselves in a sense of God's presence, by continually conversing with Him. - Brother Lawrence

O Lord, enlarge the chambers of my heart that I may find room for thy love. Sustain me by Thy power, lest the fire of Thy love consume me. - Brother Lawrence

Jesus Christ said that to abide we must: "Love the Father as I love Him and love each other as I love you." - Brother Lawrence

"I renounced, for the love of Him, everything that was not He, and I began to live as if there was none but He and I in the world." - Brother Lawrence

In The Gospel we find listed a group of God's special favors. These gifts of the spirit are: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Fidelity, Gentleness, and Self-control. - Brother Lawrence

"Is it not much shorter and more direct to simply do everything for the love of Him? There is no finesse about it. One only has to do it generously and simply." - Brother Lawrence

"Our sanctification does not depend on changing our works. Instead, it depends on doing, for God's sake, what we commonly do for our own." and "doing our common business purely for the love of God." - Brother Lawrence

"The more one knows God, the greater one desires to know Him. Knowledge is commonly the measure of love. The deeper and more extensive our knowledge, the greater is our love." - Brother Lawrence

"Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God." - Brother Lawrence

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