5 Quotes & Sayings By Jeanpierre De Caussade

Jean-Pierre de Caussade was a French Dominican monk, author, mystic and spiritual counselor. He was born October 9th, 1788 in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, France. His parents were Jean-Claude de Caussade and Marie-Louise de Labouret. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest at the age of 18 Read more

He received the nickname Father de Caussade after the death of his brother René de Caussade (1782).

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All simple souls must admire and respect one another, saying: 'Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose and by means of God's order which, in its great variety, is in us all. JeanPierre De Caussade
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I must not, like the quietists, reduce all religion to a denial of any specific action, despising all other means, since what makes perfection is God's order, and the means he ordains is best for the soul. JeanPierre De Caussade
God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by...
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God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas. JeanPierre De Caussade
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There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action. JeanPierre De Caussade