It is not necessary for being with God to be always at church. We may make an oratory of our heart wherein to retire from time to time to converse with Him in meekness, humility, and love.

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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