{"product_id":"the-practice-of-the-presence-joseph-de-beaufort-9781764574099","title":"The Practice of the Presence of God: The Complete Conversations, Letters, and Spiritual Maxims - A New Translation from the French","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the best-loved spiritual classics of all time - now complete, and freshly translated from the original French.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree centuries ago, a clumsy, unlettered lay brother spent his days in the kitchen of a Paris monastery - and there discovered one of the simplest and most enduring paths to God ever written down. Brother Lawrence had no method and no system. He had only a habit: to turn his heart, gently and continually, toward a God he believed was always near - at the stove no less than in the chapel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis teaching has guided and consoled readers of every tradition ever since. Its promise is as ordinary as it is astonishing: that the presence of God is not reserved for cloisters or mystics, but is open to anyone, in the middle of the most ordinary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complete edition, not an abridgment.\u003c\/b\u003e Most popular versions carry only part of the classic text. This new translation restores the whole of it, in clear, modern English: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe four \u003cb\u003eConversations\u003c\/b\u003e recorded by his friend Joseph de Beaufort\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll sixteen \u003cb\u003eLetters\u003c\/b\u003e - his most personal counsel, closing with his serene deathbed letters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eSpiritual Maxims\u003c\/b\u003e, his teaching in its most concentrated form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eEulogy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eCharacter of Brother Lawrence\u003c\/b\u003e - the biographical portrait left out of nearly every English edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new introduction on his life, the Carmelite tradition, and the remarkable story of the book itself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor lovers of the contemplative classics, for anyone seeking a deeper life of prayer in the midst of everyday work, and for those meeting Brother Lawrence for the first time - here is the whole book, as close to his own plain and warm voice as a fresh translation can bring it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph De Beaufort\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1764574095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781764574099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Flotsampress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.19d","brand":"Joseph De Beaufort","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852959822079,"sku":"9781764574099","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-practice-of-the-presence-joseph-de-beaufort-9781764574099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}