tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512647349909812502.post3844636210700630885..comments2024-01-01T03:37:28.909-05:00Comments on Oblate Blog: Monastic Myths. A Benedictine oblate blogJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01438934904276002548noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512647349909812502.post-3963448382476620262008-11-13T22:33:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:33:00.000-05:00Oh, I also wanted to add that I had also never hea...Oh, I also wanted to add that I had also never heard that quote from the Blessed Theresa of Calcutta -- super. Thank you very much.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438934904276002548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512647349909812502.post-83949622019458314762008-11-13T22:29:00.000-05:002008-11-13T22:29:00.000-05:00Rebecca,Wow, your comment set me on an Internet se...Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>Wow, your comment set me on an Internet search for Br. Lawrence (I had never heard of him before) and I visited several web sites and then found a link to Catholic Answers and a thread that gave information on him and the book. <BR/><BR/>After I learned a little about Brother Lawrence, I began to read the posts of a poster named "Dave" which led me to other threads and other topics, I think they were on Carmelite spirituality generally and that led me to another thread (also not about Br. Lawrence). <BR/><BR/>By then in my wandering around I was reading only what happened to catch my eye on many other topics, but at the end of one thread was this final post:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://forums.catholic.com/showpost.php?p=4093924&postcount=40" REL="nofollow">August 23, 2008 Post on Catholic Answers</A><BR/><BR/>which contained a link to “Catholic Spirituality.” I saw links in the many posts on many topics as I read Catholic Answers, but the only link that caught my eye and the only one I decided to click on was the “Catholic Spirituality” link and shazam, I was over at your excellent blog, To Know His Love. <BR/><BR/>OK, I am putting Brother Lawrence on my To-Read List thanks to your constant pestering! ;) (That is a joke.)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01438934904276002548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-512647349909812502.post-35398620320071322532008-11-13T08:49:00.000-05:002008-11-13T08:49:00.000-05:00"Work doesn't have to stop prayer and prayer doesn...<I>"Work doesn't have to stop prayer and prayer doesn't have to stop work."</I><BR/>-Blessed Theresa of Calcutta<BR/><BR/>I've recently developed an appreciation for Bro. Lawrence's <I>The Practice of the Presence of God</I>. By practicing active recollection of God's presence, for Brother Lawrence, there was no difference in his union with God during quiet prayer time and during times of active work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com