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Jean-Pierre de Caussade, a French Jesuit spiritual director and writer born in the late seventeenth century, is best known for his belief in the sacredness of the present moment, or the “eternal now.” His masterpiece, Abandonment to Divine Providence, has been celebrated by spiritual writers as diverse as Richard Foster and Alan Watts for its ability to invoke the mystery of eternity in the now—a...

insists that neither active nor passive fidelity is difficult, since God never tests us beyond our limits. The secret to holiness is to view everything that happens to us as a manifestation of God’s will and to embrace whatever is required with every fiber of our being. God is our true spiritual director who guides us through the specific tasks and challenges that come to us from one moment to the next. If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable,
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