Jean Pierre de Caussade war ein französischer Jesuit Priester und Schriftsteller, dessen Werk sich auf die Annahme der göttlichen Vorsehung in jedem Augenblick konzentriert. Seine Schriften betonen das Vertrauen in Gottes Führung und eine gelassene Hingabe an Seinen Willen. Caussade betreute die Visitantinnen in Nancy, und seine Philosophie findet weiterhin Anklang bei jenen, die tiefere spirituelle Verbindung suchen.
In Abandonment to Divine Providence, Jean-Pierre de Caussade explains how God invites Christians live holy lives by trusting his divine providence. Caussade's book was first published in French in 1861. This rejuvenated paraphrase of an older English translation captures Cassaude's timeless observations in the language of the present.
The Sacrament of the Present Moment is the three hundred-year-old classic of spiritual guidance and enlightenment by Jean-Pierre de Caussade, ordained member of the Society of Jesus. In this wise, hopeful, and powerfully stirring masterwork of Christian thought and daily practice, de Caussade encourages a selfless abandonment to God as a means of achieving grace and conquering pride and ego. Each day is a sacrament, the author assures us, and the lessons and wisdom of The Sacrament of the Present Moment can better enable us to hear God’s voice as He speaks to us, always, with love.
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