The Hidden Way of Love: Jean-Pierre De Caussade's Spirituality of Abandonment - Softcover

Conaway, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0728301520 ISBN 13: 9780728301528

Publisher: SLG Press, 1999

Synopsis

"Yes, if one could only leave the hand of God to do its work, one would reach the most eminent perfection. All souls would reach it, for it is offered to all." With these words, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, an obscure 18th century Jesuit, expresses the heart of his understanding of our abandonment to God's care in all the simplest and most immediate experiences of our lives. For de Caussade, and for all who can learn from him, everything can be abandoned, everything entrusted, and everything gained by everyone who meets the love of God with an answering child-like trust and surrender. In this short meditative study of de Caussade's life of perfect abandonment, Barry Conaway allows de Caussade's own words to reveal the simplicity and wholeness of his teaching. Here is "the spirituality of the ages" - the hidden way of love which is nothing less than the royal road to paradise. The author, Barry Conaway, is a parish priest in the Salisbury Diocese.

About this edition

• Publisher: SLG Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0728301520
• ISBN 13: 9780728301528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 35