A treasure of wisdom - Rated 
This book is a Christian classic of immeasurable worth. Listen to what the writer says:
"If you wish to enjoy an abundance of blessings we have only one thing to do: purify our hearts by emptying them of all desire for created things and surrender ourselves wholly to God";
"You seek for God, beloved soul, and he is everywhere, everything speaks of him, everything offers him to you, he walks beside you, he surrounds you and is within you. He lives with you and yet you try to find him. You seek your own idea of God, although you have him in his reality. You seek perfection and you meet it in all that happens to you, all you suffer, all you do, all your inclinations are mysteries under which God gives himself to you while you are vainly straining after high-flown fancies"
"The worker employed on such a tapestry sees only the back as he adds stitch after stitch with his needle, yet all these stitches are slowly creating a magnificent picture which appears in all its glory only when every stitch is done and it is viewed from the right side. But all this beauty cannot be seen as it is being created, It is the same with the self abandoned soul. It sees only God and its duty, To fulfill this duty moment by moment consists in adding tiny stitches to the work; yet it is by these stitches that God accomplishes those marvels of which we sometimes catch a glimpse now, but which will not be trully known until the great day of eternity"
The secret of the saints. - Rated
There are a few thousand books to help you learn - about God. This is one of the very few that helps you - know God. Let God Himself change you.
Deeply insightful and thought provoking - Rated
Fr. Caussade presents a wonderful and hopeful way of viewing our modern world and the real possiblity of attaining holiness. Each chapter returns to the basic premise that God will do the work if we simply let Him and that there is no thing of this world which will ever provide an equal possibility of peace and happiness. I treasure my 1945 copy and would welcome the opportunity to purchase another old edition.
All circunstances are His gift of grace. - Rated
I read this book years ago. It instantly changed my attitude. My philosophy now is "happiness is wanting what God wants." By the time any terrible event touches each of us, it has come through His Loving Hands and is His Will for us. Two books which have a similar subject and which helped me even further are: "God of all comfort" by Hannah W. Smith "Daily Strength for Daily Needs" by Mary Tileston
This is a different type of book on the spiritual life. - Rated
This book was written as a book of spiritual guidance, and an unconventional book, in that it writes about "saints", or those who have surrendered to God's will, yet outwardly do not appear to be remarkable, or seem to fall into the category of "very famous" spiritual people. He discusses things like: the traps and dangers the world imposes on such people, the fact that they are often abused and spied on diligently (and unjustly), their apparent "childishness", the face that they present to the world (often seen as laughing stocks or incompetents), versus the truth of God's workings in their lives, the nature of the world - that those who outwardly appear to be "great princes" are presenting a false face to the world, that Satan enlists regiments of scoundrels for these visible positions who wage war relentlessly against those who love God, and, in fact, that behind all this falsification stands the whole battle of human history. And, of course, that in the end the last shall be first, and God's servants shall triumph. While not in the league of some of the greatest saints' writings, it still has invaluable insights to offer, and so I recommend this book.
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