“The practice of the presence of God is an application of our mind to God, or a remembrance of God present, that can be brought about either by the imagination or the understanding.”

-Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection

For Reflection:

The Catechism teaches that four faculties of the human person are involved in prayer: the imagination, the emotion, the intellect and the will. How do I see these four faculties present in the quotation of Brother Lawrence? Which faculty do I most need to engage?

(To see how Brother Lawrence followed his own advice, see tomorrow’s Grace Line.)

Padre Pio’s Spiritual Direction for Every Day 

Gianluigi Pasquale 
Pb 272 pgs
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January 3  page 2

Be attentive to take care of yourself and your family according to His will, and do not worry about anything else.  If you do this, you will see that Jesus is taking care of you. One time He said to St Catherine of Siena that she should think about Him because He was always thinking about her.