'To practice attentiveness, to nurture silence': How to read Pope Leo’s favorite book

'To practice attentiveness, to nurture silence': How to read Pope Leo’s favorite book

In an interview earlier this month, Pope Leo XIV said he was recently asked which book, besides those written by St. Augustine, he would describe as most greatly shaping his spirituality.In response, the pope named the spiritual classic, “The Practice of the Presence of God,” by 17th-century Carmelite friar Brother Lawrence.Credit: Fleming Revell Co. Public Domain.Share“It’s a very simple book by someone who doesn’t even give his last name,” the…