Making an oratory of the heart… When I first read the phrase, “oratory of the heart,” in Brother Lawrence’s Practice of the Presence of God, I had to stop and think about the word oratory. It’s not one we hear in daily conversations. It’s one of those words, I thought I knew but upon looking it up found two very different meanings of the noun. Oratory is defined as eloquence in public speaking and as a place of prayer. Clearly Brother Lawrence refers to the second meaning. It’s an arresting phrase, isn’t it? Coupled with the image of the Oratory […]