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Classics of the Renaissance and early modern era

The Practice of the Presence of God

by Brother Lawrence

Conversations and letters of Brother Lawrence, a seventeenth-century French Carmelite lay brother who worked in a monastery kitchen. They describe a simple habit of keeping God in mind during ordinary tasks, found in washing pots as much as in prayer.

Chapters
20
Narration
58 minutes
Original language
French
Translation
Anonymous (Fleming H. Revell edition)

Chapters

  1. 1Preface2 min
  2. 2First Conversation3 min
  3. 3Second Conversation6 min
  4. 4Third Conversation3 min
  5. 5Fourth Conversation8 min
  6. 6First Letter3 min
  7. 7Second Letter7 min
  8. 8Third Letter2 min
  9. 9Fourth Letter4 min
  10. 10Fifth Letter2 min
  11. 11Sixth Letter2 min
  12. 12Seventh Letter2 min
  13. 13Eighth Letter2 min
  14. 14Ninth Letter2 min
  15. 15Tenth Letter1 min
  16. 16Eleventh Letter2 min
  17. 17Twelfth Letter2 min
  18. 18Thirteenth Letter2 min
  19. 19Fourteenth Letter1 min
  20. 20Fifteenth Letter2 min

The Practice of the Presence of God is in the public domain. This audiobook is narrated by an AI voice, from the complete text, with nothing abridged. The text follows the narration word by word while you listen.