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Abandonment to Divine Providence
by
Jean-Pierre de Caussade
About Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Title: Abandonment to Divine Providence
URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/decaussade/abandonment.html
Author(s): de Caussade, Jean-Pierre, S.J. (d. 1751)
Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Print Basis: St. Louis: B. Herder Book Company [c. 1921]
Rights: Public Domain
Date Created: 2001-00-23
General Comments: Edited by the Rev. J. Ramière, from the Complete Tenth French
Edition, by E. J. Strickland
CCEL Subjects: All; Classic; Mysticism; Proofed
LC Call no: BV5080.C32
LC Subjects: Practical theology
Practical religion. The Christian life
Mysticism
Abandonment to Divine Providence Jean-Pierre de Caussade
Table of Contents
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii
Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Second Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
Abandonment to Divine Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6
Book I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6
Chapter I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6
Section I. Hidden Operations of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 6
Section II. The Duties of Each Moment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
Section III. The Work of our Sanctification.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 7
Section IV. In what Perfection Consists.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 9
Section V. The Divine Influence alone can Sanctify Us.. . . . . . . . . . p. 10
Section VI. On the Use of Mental Faculties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
Section VII. On the Attainment of Peace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 12
Section VIII. To Estimate Degrees of Excellence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 13
Section IX. Sanctity Made Easy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 14
Chapter II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15
Section I. The Divine Action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 15
Section II. By Faith the Operation of God is recognised.. . . . . . . . . p. 17
Section III. How to Discover what is the Will of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 18
Section IV. The Revelations of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 19
Section V. The action of Jesus Christ in the Souls of Men.. . . . . . . . p. 20
Section VI. The Treatment of the Divine Action.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 22
Section VII. The Hidden Work of Divine Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 23
Section VIII. Experimental Science.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 24
Section IX. The Will of God in the Present Moment is the Source of
Sanctity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 24
Section X. God Makes Known His Will Through Creatures.. . . . . . . p. 25
Section XI. Everything is Supernaturalised by the Divine Action.. . . . . p. 27
Section XII. The Divine Word our Model.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 29
Book II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30
Chapter I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30
Section I. The life of God in the soul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 30
Section II. The most perfect way.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 31
Section III. Abandonment a Pledge of Predestination.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 32
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Section IV. Abandonment as a Source of Joy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
Section V. The Great Merit of Pure Faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 34
Section VI. Submission a Free Gift to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 35
Section VII. Divine Favours Offered to All.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 36
Section VIII. God Reigns in a Pure Heart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 37
Chapter II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38
Section I. Sacrifice, the Foundation of Sanctity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38
Section II. The Pains and Consolations of Abandonment.. . . . . . . . p. 40
Section III. The Different Duties of Abandonment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 41
Section IV. God Does All for a Soul of Goodwill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 42
Section V. The Common Way of all Souls.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 44
Section VI. The Duty of the Present Moment the Only Rule.. . . . . . . p. 45
Section VII. Trust in the guidance of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 47
Section VIII. Great Faith is Necessary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 48
Chapter III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49
Section I. Unwise Interference.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 49
Section II. Unjust Judgments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
Section III. Self-Contempt.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
Section IV. Distrust of Self.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 53
Section VI. The Life of Faith.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 54
Chapter IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 56
Section I. Confidence in God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 57
Section II. Diversity of Grace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 58
Section III. The Generosity of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Section IV. The Most Ordinary Things are Channels of Grace.. . . . . p. 61
Section V. Nature and Grace the Instruments of God.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 62
Section VI. Supernatural Prudence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
Section VII. Conviction of Weakness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Section VIII. Self-guidance a Mistake.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 64
Section IX. Divine Love, the Principle of All Good.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 66
Section X. We Must see God in all His Creatures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 68
Section XI. The Strength of Simplicity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 69
Section XII. The Triumph of Humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 69
Spiritual Counsels of Fr. de Caussade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 72
I. Conformity to the Will of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 72
II. Counsel for Outward Behaviour.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73
III. Interior Direction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 76
IV. Conduct after Faults.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 77
V. Temptations and Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78
Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 81
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Letters on the Practice of Abandonment to Divine Providence. . . . . . . . p. 83
First Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83
Letter I. Happiness and Peace of Abandonment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 83
Letter II. A Short Way to Perfection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 84
Letter III. Peace in Turmoil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85
Letter IV. Liberty of Spirit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 86
Letter V. Recourse to Providence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 87
Letter VI. Alone with God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 87
Letter VII. A Holy Community.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 88
Letter VIII. Our Dependence on God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 89
Letter IX. The Goodness of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 90
Letter X. Continued Troubles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 92
Letter XI. Good Wishes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93
Second Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Letter I. Some General Principles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 94
Letter II. The Three Degrees of Virtue.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 96
Letter III. The First Work of God in the Soul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97
Letter IV. Practice of Abandonment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 98
Letter V. Means of Acquiring this Practice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 99
Letter VI. Rules for General Direction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 100
Letter VII. Rules for Direction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 101
Letter VIII. Advice on Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 102
Letter IX. Danger of Delusion Explained.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 103
Letter X. Delusions in Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 105
Letter XI. The Impressions of the Holy Spirit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 106
Letter XII. Peace and Submission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 108
Letter XIII. Peace and Confidence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 109
Letter XIV. Singular Favours of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112
Letter XV. Heartfelt Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 114
Letter XVI. The Operations of Grace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 115
Letter XVII. Attraction to the Interior Life.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 117
Letter XVIII. Desires to be Moderated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119
Letter XIX. To Aim at Simplicity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 119
Letter XX. Holy Simplicity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 120
Letter XXI. Different Attractions of Grace.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 121
Letter XXII. Fidelity to the Call of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 123
Letter XXIII. The Value of Good Desires.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 123
Letter XXIV. The Call of God a Sign of Predestination.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 124
Letter XXV. God Only Desires What We are Able to Give.. . . . . . . . . p. 126
Letter XXVI. Abandonment as to Employments and Undertakings.. . . . p. 127
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Letter XXVII. Acceptance of Duties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 127
Letter XXVIII. To Will Only What God Wills.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128
Letter XXIX. To Leave All to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128
Letter XXX. Resignation in Sickness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 129
Letter XXXI. Conduct in Sickness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 130
Letter XXXII. Patience with the Faults of Others.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131
Letter XXXIII. Patience with Oneself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 131
Letter XXXIV. Preparation for the Sacraments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 132
Letter XXXV. Conduct in a Time of Rest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133
Letter XXXVI. On Life and Death.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 134
Letter XXXVI. Not to Desire Consolations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 135
Third Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 136
Letter I. About Vanity and Infidelities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 136
Letter II. The Defects of Beginners.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 139
Letter III. The Illusions of the Devil.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 140
Letter II. Interior Troubles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 143
Letter V. On the Love of One’s Neighbour.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 147
Letter VI. On Attachments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 148
Letter VII. Personal Attachments.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149
Letter VIII. On Natural Activity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149
Letter IX. On Excessive Fervour.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151
Letter X. Restraint of Over-Eagerness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 151
Letter XI. Intemperate Zeal.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 152
Letter XII. On Obedience.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153
Letter XIII. On being Self-Opinionated.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 154
Letter XIV. On Reserve with a Director.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 155
Letter XIV. On Discouragement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 156
Letter XVI. Fear of Singularity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 157
Fourth Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 160
Letter I. Aridity and Weakness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 160
Letter II. Different States of the Soul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164
Letter III. Abandonment During Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 165
Letter IV. Darkness and Doubts.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 166
Letter V. Distractions in Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 168
Letter VI. Fear of Wasting Time.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 170
Letter VII. On Darkness and Want of Feeling.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 172
Letter VIII. On Dryness and Distractions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 174
Letter IX. Passive Recollection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 176
Letter X. The Use of Faults.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 178
Letter XI. Remembrance of Past Sins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 179
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Letter XII. How to make use of trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 181
Letter XIII. The Use of Trials continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 184
Letter XIV. Remedies for Troubles.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 185
Letter XV. Trials to be Endured Peacefully.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 188
Letter XVI. Sensitiveness about Defects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 190
Letter XVII. Confidence in God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 192
Letter XVIII. Sacrifice and Fidelity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 194
Letter XIX. Glorified by Sufferings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 195
Letter XX. The Fruit of Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 196
Letter XXI. Things Painful to Nature.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 197
Fifth Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 199
Letter I. Rules to be Observed in Illness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 199
Letter II. Different Sufferings.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 200
Letter III. On Public Calamities.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 201
Letter IV. Opportunities for Practising Charity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 202
Letter V. Profit to be gained by Patient Endurance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 203
Letter VI. Difficulties.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 204
Letter VII. Rules for Difficult Circumstances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 205
Letter VIII. Annoyances caused by Good People.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 206
Letter IX. How to Bear these Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 207
Letter X. To see God in our Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 207
Letter XI. To Seek God’s Help Alone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 208
Letter XII. God Alone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 209
Letter XIII. Reliance on God Alone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 209
Letter XIV. Abandonment in Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210
Letter XV. The Use of Afflictions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 212
Letter XVI. Detachment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 214
Letter XVII. Conduct during Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 215
Letter XVIII. Will of God to be Preferred.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 216
Letter XIX. The Happiness of Resignation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 217
Sixth Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218
Letter I. On Temptations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 218
Letter II. The Fear of Temptation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 219
Letter III. The State of One Tempted.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 220
Letter IV. Different Temptations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 222
Letter V. The Fear of Being Wanting in Submission.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 223
Letter VI. Fear Caused by Self-Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 226
Letter VII. The Want of Good-Will.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227
Letter VIII. The Love of Creatures and of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 230
Letter IX. On Displeasing God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 230
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Letter X. Fear of Making No Progress.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 232
Letter XI. On Fears About Confession.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 233
Letter XII. Rules to Free Oneself from these Fears.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 233
Letter XIII. On Fears About Contrition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 234
Letter XIV. On General Confession.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 235
Letter XV. Different Fears.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 235
Letter XVI. Hatred of Sin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 236
Letter XVII. Remorse and Rebellion.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 238
Letter XVIII. God Alone can Remove These Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 240
Letter XIX. On Relapses.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 241
Letter XX. Depression under Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 241
Letter XXI. On Humble Silence and Patience During Trials.. . . . . . . . p. 243
Letter XXII. To Bear With Oneself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 244
Letter XXIII. On Past Sins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 245
Letter XXIV. Results of Imprudence.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 247
Letter XXV. Interior Suffering.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 248
Letter XXVI. On Different States of Resignation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 249
Seventh Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 252
Letter I. Temptation to Despair.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 252
Letter II. Good Symptoms.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 255
Letter III. Interior Oppression.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 258
Letter IV. Purification of the Heart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 258
Letter V. On Emptiness of Heart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 259
Letter VI. Fresh Suffering.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 260
Letter VII. Supernatural Fears.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 261
Letter VIII. Violent Temptations.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 262
Letter IX. Death of Self-Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 264
Letter X. On Mystical Death.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 266
Letter XI. For the Time of Retreat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 268
Letter XII. After the Retreat.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 269
Letter XIII. The Fear of Reprobation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 271
Letter XIV. Explanations and Direction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 273
Letter XV. Perfect Detachment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 275
Letter XVI. Explanation of Apparent Despair.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 277
Letter XVII. Abandonment in Trials.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 278
Letter XVIII. Fruit of Death to Self.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 279
Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 281
Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 281
Index of Pages of the Print Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 281
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Abandonment to Divine Providence Jean-Pierre de Caussade
ABANDONMENT
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TO
DIVINE PROVIDENCE

The translation from the French of Father de Caussade’s book on
“Abandonment to Divine Providence” is to my knowledge well done,
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and is a faithful rendering of the original text.
Nihil Obstat
ANSCAR VONIER, O.S.B., Abbot
DOM DUNSTAN, O.S.B.
3rd March, 1921
Imprimatur
JOANNES Ep. Plym.
7th March, 1921
Agent for America
B. HERDER BOOK COMPANY
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Abandonment to Divine Providence Jean-Pierre de Caussade
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TO
Divine Providence
BY
THE REV. J. P. DE CAUSSADE, S.J.

EDITED BY THE REV. J. RAMIÈRE, S.J.
INTRODUCTION BY DOM ARNOLD, O.S.B.
From the Tenth Complete French Edition
BY
E. J. STRICKLAND

B. HERDER BOOK COMPANY
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DEDICATED TO ST JOSEPH
“the one chosen shadow of God upon earth.”—Father Faber.

”Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent,
and last revealed them to little ones.
Yea Father, for so hath it seemed good in thy sight:”
Matt. xi, 25, 26.
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