{"id":696,"date":"2025-12-05T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/12\/05\/the-book-that-shapes-pope-leo-xivs-spirituality\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T11:30:07","slug":"the-book-that-shapes-pope-leo-xivs-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/2025\/12\/05\/the-book-that-shapes-pope-leo-xivs-spirituality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Book That Shapes Pope Leo XIV\u2019s Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: What book significantly influences Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s spirituality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV is greatly influenced by &#8220;The Practice of the Presence of God&#8221; by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Who was Brother Lawrence?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Brother Lawrence, originally Nicholas Herman, was a 17th-century Carmelite friar who served as a cook and sandal repairer, known for his teachings on constant connection with God.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What is the core message of &#8220;The Practice of the Presence of God&#8221;?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The book advocates for a spirituality where an individual constantly gives their life to the Lord, allowing Him to lead, and connecting with God through all daily activities.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: How does Pope Leo XIV apply this spirituality to his life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV states this spirituality has guided him through challenges, including his time in Peru during terrorism and his call to papal service, by fostering trust in God&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What practical example did Brother Lawrence give about his spirituality?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Brother Lawrence described experiencing the same tranquility and presence of God while working in a busy kitchen as he would on his knees praying before the Blessed Sacrament.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/brother-lawrence-book-pope-leo-xiv. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xxEILqIXxZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/brother-lawrence-book-pope-leo-xiv\">The kitchen friar\u2019s book that inspires Pope Leo\u2019s spirituality<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The kitchen friar\u2019s book that inspires Pope Leo\u2019s spirituality&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/brother-lawrence-book-pope-leo-xiv\/embed#?secret=BvObkYKb8T#?secret=xxEILqIXxZ\" data-secret=\"xxEILqIXxZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What book significantly influences Pope Leo XIV&#8217;s spirituality? A: Pope Leo XIV is greatly influenced by &#8220;The Practice of the Presence of God&#8221; by Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection. Q: Who was Brother Lawrence? A: Brother Lawrence, originally Nicholas Herman, was a 17th-century Carmelite friar who served as a cook and sandal repairer, known [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}