Inner Peace: Wisdom from Jean Pierre de Caussade
Overview
How do I find peace of mind in my stressed-out life?
It can be hard to hold on to trust in God when we’re stretched and stressed by responsibilities, deadlines, and expectations. Caussade gently yet persistently tells us not to fret over the past, nor worry about the future. We are given only the sacrament of the present moment in which God reveals himself to us. God is secretly at work for our good in the midst of every duty and every event.
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- Examines the teachings of Jean Pierre de Caussade
- Provides time-tested spiritual guidance for living a Christian life
- Sanctity Found in Fidelity
- A Hidden Treasure
- Uncomplicated Sanctity
- God’s Action
- Enlightened by Faith
- The Will of God
- Love’s Hidden Work
- The Present Moment
- Allow God to Act
- Trust in God
- Given Over to God
- All-Sufficient Love
- Peace in Turmoil
- Liberty of Spirit
- Recourse to Providence
- Dependence on God
- The Goodness of God
- Annoyances
- How to Bear Trials
- Why Torment Yourself?
- The Happiness of Resignation
- Peace and Confidence
Top Highlights
“trustful surrender in every duty and event, for in them God is secretly at work for your good.” (Page xviii)
“If only we had faith we should show goodwill to all creatures. We should cherish them and be interiorly grateful to them as serving, by God’s will, our salvation. If we lived the life of faith without intermission we would have an uninterrupted union with God and a constant familiar conversation with him. What the air is for the transmission of our thoughts and words, our actions and sufferings would be for those of God.” (Pages 16–17)
“In reality, sanctity can be reduced to one single practice: fidelity to one’s duties as appointed by God” (Page 9)
“Stress comes from this wrestling match, often unconscious, between what we are pursuing and what simply is unfolding from the heart of God.” (Pages xx–xxi)
“The whole creation cannot fill the human heart, for the heart is greater than all that is not God. It is on a higher plane than the material creation and for this reason nothing material can satisfy it.” (Page 26)
- Title: Inner Peace: Wisdom from Jean-Pierre de Caussade
- Author: Jean Pierre de Caussade
- Series: Classic Wisdom Collection
- Publisher: Pauline Books & Media
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 112
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Caussade, Jean Pierre de, d. 1751 › Correspondence; Mysticism › Catholic Church; Spiritual life › Catholic Church
- Resource ID: LLS:INNERPEACEWISD
- Resource Type: text.monograph.quotations
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