brother lawrence

Mandeville, LA - [Editor's note: I was searching for the source of my oft repeated phrase "something is either religious or it is irreligious" and stumbled upon the writings of a 17th century French monk named Brother Lawrence who was, wait for it, a discalced Carmelite dishwasher. The following is taken from his collected letters. - Ed. M.C.] "Let us thus think often that our only business in this life […]