…in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the same time calling for different things, I possess God in as great tranquillity as if I were upon my knees at the blessed sacrament.

Brother Lawrence The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life, 1895

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Brother Lawrence 1614–1691 · French Carmelite lay brother and monastery cook whose sayings and letters became The Practice of the Presence of God. Wikipedia

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