We are blessed, in our modern age, to have at our fingertips modern video content from
Bishop Baron, Fr Mike Schmitz, and others. But today, as we celebrate the Solemnity of Our
Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, I want to go back in time and discuss a book, written in
the 1600s, by Brother Lawrence, a Carmelite monk. The book is entitled, “The Practice of the
Presence of God,” and Peter Kreeft calls it, “The easiest book on how to become a saint.” Not
that we at St. James are looking for shortcuts, but I thought it you might appreciate the
wisdom from this small, 40-page book about one man’s efforts to make Christ HIS King.
