This simplicity of heart is an important concept to remember in the weeks ahead.
It’s safe to say that most people today are definitely more complex and less simple than de Caussade’s reading audience and those from the days after Jesus died.įather de Caussade quickly identifies the Virgin Mary as a model of someone who was faithful to God and refers to her as “the simplest of humans.” This theme of simplicity - that those who are less muddled and cluttered in their hearts, minds and souls - is an important one, and one that I will be returning to in the future as we continue examining and reflecting upon this book. He paints a picture of these people being very simple and “less complex.” It’s clear that he’s making the point that those in his reading audience - the book was published in 1861 - were less simple and more complex than those from the days of the Early Church. Jean-Pierre de Caussade’s book - Abandonment to Divine Providence - the Jesuit priest talks about how, back in the days of the early Church, back before there were any spiritual directors or any systems of spirituality, people understood that “each moment brought a duty which must be faithfully fulfilled.” In the first section from Chapter one of Fr.
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