Abandonment to Divine Providence

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For more than 250 years, this simple classic of inspiration has guided readers of all faiths to the open-hearted acceptance of God's will that is the sure path to serenity, happiness, and spiritual peace.

"A spiritual classic of the first order... a book for all those who truly seek God." —Dom David Knowles

"Father de Caussade has a wonderful way of encouraging the doubtful, of nurturing the personal surrender that is so much a part of the development of faith. The book is a mystery of its own — and is definitely not for Christians only." —Rabbi Joshua Chasan

"Abandonment to Divine Providence is a classic perhaps more necessary now than ever before. It's a little book that rightly rejects the spirituality of fear and trembling (and the modern preoccupation with dreary self-absorption) in favor of an abiding trust in God's active benevolence. This is a work one reads again and again, always with gratitude and astonishment." —Donald Spoto, Author of Blue Angel and The Dark Side of Genius
Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385468718

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group

Publication Date: 04-01-1993

Pages: 128

Product Dimensions: 5.45(w) x 8.18(h) x 0.36(d)

Series: Image Classics #14

About the Author

Jean Pierre de Caussade was a French Jesuit priest and writer known for his work Abandonment to Divine Providence and his work with Nuns of the Visitation in Nancy, France

Table of Contents

Table of Contents


Book I
Sanctity Consists in Fidelity to the Order of God, and in Submission to All His Operations
The hidden operations of God 3
The hidden operations of God, continued 4
The work of our sanctification 5
In what perfection consists 8
The divine influence alone can sanctify us 9
On the use of mental faculties 12
On the attainment of peace 13
To estimate degrees of excellence 14
Sanctity made easy 17
The Divine Action Works Unceasingly for the Sanctification of Souls
The unceasing work of God 19
By faith the operation of God is recognised 21
How to discover what is the will of God 24
The revelations of God 25
The action of Jesus Christ in the souls of men 27
The treatment of the divine action 30
The hidden work of divine love 31
Experimental Science 32
The will of God in the present moment is the source of sanctity 33
God makes known His will through creatures 34
Everything is supernaturalised by the divine action 37
The divine word our model 41
Book II
On the Nature and Excellence of the State of Abandonment
Thelife of God in the soul 47
The most perfect way 49
Abandonment a pledge of predestination 50
Abandonment a source of joy 52
The great merit of pure faith 53
Submission a free gift to God 54
Divine favours offered to all 55
God regins in a pure heart 57
The Duties of Those Souls Called by God to the State of Abandonment
Sacrifice, the foundation of sanctity 61
The pains and consolations of abandonment 64
The different duties of abandonment 65
God does all for a soul of goodwill 67
The common way for all souls 70
The duty of the present moment the only rule 71
Trust in the guidance of God 74
Great faith is necessary 76
The Trials Connected with the State of Abandonment
Unwise interference 78
Unjust judgments 81
Self-contempt 82
Distrust of self 85
The life of faith 88
Concerning the Assistance Rendered by the Fatherly Providence of God to Those Souls who Have Abandoned Themselves to Him
Confidence in God 92
Diversity of grace 94
The generosity of God 96
The most ordinary things are channels of grace 98
Nature and grace the instruments of God 101
Supernatural prudence 103
Conviction of weakness 103
Self-guidance a mistake 104
Divine love, the principle of all good 107
We must see God in all His creatures 109
The strength of simplicity 111
The triumph of humility 112

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