Brother Lawrence was a humble lay monk who spent much of his life working in the kitchen of a Parisian monastery, yet he became known for a profound and simple spiritual wisdom. Compiled after his death from recorded conversations and personal letters, this slim classic shares his central practice: cultivating a constant, loving awareness of God in the midst of ordinary daily tasks. Washing dishes or gathering provisions, he believed, could be as sacred as formal prayer. First published in 1692, his gentle teaching on finding the divine in everyday life has quietly guided readers for more than three centuries.