Brother Lawrence Quotes About Suffering

Quotes about: Suffering

• He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think.

  Brother Lawrence

  Heart, Past, Thinking

• That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Giving, Soul

  Brother Lawrence (2007). “The Practice of the Presence of God: The Original 17th Century Letters and Conversations of Brother Lawrence”, p.12, Xulon Press

• I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love.

  Brother Lawrence

  Humility, Suffering, And Love

  Brother Lawrence (2005). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.46, Shambhala Publications

• We should fix ourselves firmly in the presence of God by conversing all the time with Him...we should feed our soul with a lofty conception of God and from that derive great joy in being his. We should put life in our faith. We should give ourselves utterly to God in pure abandonment, in temporal and spiritual matters alike, and find contentment in the doing of His will,whether he takes us through sufferings or consolations.

  Brother Lawrence

  Spiritual, Giving, Joy

• The sorest afflictions never appear intolerable, but when we see them in the wrong light; when we see them in the hand of God, who dispenses them; when we know that it is our loving Father who abases and distresses us; our sufferings will lose their bitterness and become even a matter of consolation.

  Brother Lawrence

  Christian, Father, Light

  Brother Lawrence (of the Resurrection), Joseph de Beaufort (1874). “Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God the Best Rule of a Holy Life, Being Conversations and Letters of Nicholas Herman of Lorraine (Brother Lawrence).”, p.62, New York ; Chicago ; Toronto : F.H. Revell

• That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine love: and that when the appointed times of prayer were past, he found no difference, because he still continued with GOD, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy; yet hoped that GOD would give him somewhat to suffer, when he should grow stronger.

  Brother Lawrence

  Prayer, Past, Blessing

  Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God and Spiritual Maxims”, p.14, Lulu Press, Inc

• It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.

  Brother Lawrence

  Long, Suffering, Matter

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.73, Courier Corporation

• Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage.

  Brother Lawrence

  Pain, Sweet Love, Joy

  Brother Lawrence (2012). “The Practice of the Presence of God and The Spiritual Maxims”, p.36, Courier Corporation

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