Welcome to the third of three incredible volumes of haiku and senryu compiled by Cendrine Marrouat and David Ellis from Auroras & Blossoms.Feast your senses on a unique collection that is moving, thought-provoking, inspirational, hauntingly beautiful and deeply insightful.This anthology is a delightful showcase of superbly crafted poetry that is extremely easy to get into but handsomely rewards the reader with each subtle nuance and twist. It is like spending time with love...

Maxims and Counsels of Saint Francis de Sales For Every day of the Year is a timeless spiritual guide that offers daily wisdom drawn from the gentle and profound teachings of one of Catholicism’s most beloved saints. Compiled by Ella McMahon, this devotional presents a year's worth of reflections—each designed to inspire, console, and direct the heart toward holiness. Saint Francis de Sales, known for his compassionate approach to spirituality, emphasizes virtues such as humility, gentlene...

Abandonment, or Absolute Surrender to Divine Providence is a religious classic attributed to Jean Pierre de Caussade, a French Jesuit priest and writer. The author believed that the present moment is a sacrament from God and that self-abandonment to it and its needs is a holy state – a belief which, in the theological climate of France at the time, may have been considered close to Quietist heresy. The book was controversial and the author was charged for heresy, but was eventually acquitt...

“All will be well if we live in the present moment and give ourselves over into the loving hands of our provident God.” —From the IntroductionAbandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre de Caussade, SJ, is considered one of the world’s great spiritual classics. This collection of brief meditations has guided countless men and women—including many canonized saints—toward greater peace, trust, and confidence in God’s provident love since its first printing in 1751.This ne...

Abandonment to Divine Providence is a treatise on Christian spirituality dealing with the importance of abandoning oneself to divine action in the spiritual life. It is attributed to Father de Caussade, a French Jesuit priest and writer, whose spirituality it reflects. The author believed that the present moment is a sacrament from God and that self-abandonment to it and its needs is a holy state – a belief which, in the theological climate of France at the time, may have been considered c...

Abandonment to Divine Providence advances a demanding, lucid thesis: holiness unfolds by consenting to God in the present moment. Drawn from letters and talks to Visitation nuns and arranged posthumously, it marries epistolary warmth with aphoristic clarity. In the lineage of French and Ignatian spirituality, it prizes fidelity to ordinary duties over curiosities, rejecting passivity for discerning, concrete surrender. Jean Pierre de Caussade, an eighteenth-century Jesuit and seasoned spir...