I will live as…
I will live as the child of an infinitely good, wise, and powerful father whom I desire to please, and to make happy.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675–1751)
I will live as the child of an infinitely good, wise, and powerful father whom I desire to please, and to make happy.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675–1751)
But what is the secret of finding this treasure? There isn’t one. This treasure is everywhere. It is offered to us all the time and wherever we are. All creatures, friends, or foes, pour it out in abundance, and it flows through every fiber of our body and soul until it reaches the very core of our being. If we open our mouths they will be filled.
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
This is the true spirituality, which is valid for all times and for everybody. We cannot become truly good in a better, more marvelous, and yet easier way than by the simple use of the means offered us by God, the unique director of souls. It is the ready acceptance of all that comes to us at each moment of our lives.
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)
What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751
If we have abandoned ourselves to God, there is only one rule for us: the duty of the present moment.
–Jean-Pierre de Caussade (1675-1751)