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Cosmas or the Love of God is a wonderful tale about learning how sanctity doesn't mean perfection. Cosmas believes that he has a vocation to become a Trappist monk, but the reality of monastic life disappoints him: fellow monks are irritating; the life of the monastery seems worldly; his own weaknesses appall him. Cosmas or the Love of God is an exquisite tale of one man who teaches us all what it means to be holy in a fallen world.
A guide for deeper individual understanding of the novel or for group discussion [pdf]
Pierre de Calan (1911–1993) was a Paris banker who ended his career as president of the French division of Barclay’s Bank. He published Cosmas, or the Love of God, his only novel, in 1977.