The duties it imposes and those it contains become holy and perfect because everything it touches shares its divine character.This special volume of the famous spiritual treatise also includes the many insightful letters of Father de Caussade on the practice of self-abandonment. The author states, The will of God gives to all things a supernatural and divine value for the soul submitting to it. In this timeless spiritual classic, de Caussade presents the simple, profound gospel message that Jesus lived and taught: My meat is to do the will of my Father in heaven. Its encouragement to live in the present moment, accepting everyday obstacles with humility and love, has guided generations of seekers to spiritual peace and holiness. That is the message of this 18th-century inspirational classic by Jean-Pierre de Caussade. God is to be found in the simplest of our daily activities and especially through total surrender to whatever is His will for each of us. ""The ""Treatise"" comprises two different aspects of Abandonment to Divine Providence one as a virtue, common and necessary to all Christians, the other as a state, proper to souls who have made a special practice of abandonment to the holy will of God."" - Introduction ""It is divided into two unequal parts, the first containing a treatise on total abandonment to Divine Providence, and the second, letters of direction for persons leading a spiritual life. de Caussade's ""Abandon ? la Providence Divine,"" edited, to the great benefit of many souls, by Fr. The present book gives an English translation of the tenth French Edition of Fr. His works have gone through many editions and have been republished, and translated into several foreign languages. His death took place at Toulouse in 1751. Jean Pierre de Caussade was one of the most remarkable spiritual writers of the Society of Jesus in France in the 18th Century. Jean François de Troy died on 26 January 1752 in Rome.""The Rev. According to contemporary reports he lived a luxurious life style in Rome and entertained guests from the higher social circles in Rome.ĭe Troy met with tragedy in his personal life: his wife died at a young age and all of his seven children died. He was also elected as an honorary member of the Roman Academy of St Luke, and subsequently appointed briefly its director in 1744.ĭe Troy was twice ennobled in his lifetime, the first time when he bought the office of the secrétaire du roi ('secretary to the King') and a second time on the award of the ordre de Saint Michel. In 1738 he left France for Rome following his appointment as Director of the French Academy in Rome. He undertook commissions for the Palace of Versailles and the Palace of Fontainebleau between 17. He was at the same time aggregated and admitted to the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in July 1708, presumably on the strength of his composition Niobe and her Children (Musée Fabre) but certainly not without a little help of his father who was then the director of that institution. He stayed initially in Rome, where he was given a room at the French Academy. After he failed to win the Prix de Rome, he went at his father's expense to Italy from 1699 to 1706. His father was the portrait painter François de Troy (1645–1730). He was the Director of the French Academy in Rome from 1738. He was the inventor of the tableaux de modes ('paintings of fashions'), which attempted to provide a spirited portrayal of contemporary fashions, pastimes and manners. One of France's leading history painters in his time, he was equally successful with his decorative paintings, genre scenes and portraits. Jean François de Troy was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer.