Laurent de la Résurrection : le carme de Paris qui a façonné la spiritualité de Léon XIV
Dieu au milieu des casseroles ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇬🇧 English summary Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, born Nicolas Herman in Lorraine around 1614, was neither a priest nor a famous theologian. He spent most of his religious life as a lay Carmelite brother in Paris, working first in the kitchen and later repairing shoes. Yet his simple teaching, learning to live continually in the presence of God, crossed centuries and borders. Pope Leo XIV has openly stated that The Practice of the Presence of God is one of the books that most deeply shaped his spiritual life, alongside the writings of Saint Augustine. On 26 September 2026, Leo XIV visits the Institut Catholique de Paris, built around the former Carmelite convent where Brother Lawrence lived and died. The encounter is therefore more than a historical coincidence: a Pope returns to the place where one of his principal spiritual guides learned to find God in prayer, work and the most ordinary actions of daily life....