Abandonment to Divine Providence

by Jean-Pierre De Caussade, John Beevers (Translator)

Overview

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
Publisher:	The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/1993
Series:	Image Classics , #14
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	195,373
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.18(h) x 0.36(d)

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

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