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Waiting on God

By Simone Weil

Translated by Emma Craufurd

Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1951

First written 1950 (Attente de Dieu)

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Simone Weil’s letters to Father Perrin, including her spiritual autobiography, with essays on the right use of school studies, the love of God and affliction, and the forms of the implicit love of God.

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Simone Weil. Waiting on God. Translated by Emma Craufurd. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1951.

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@misc{sources-waiting-on-god-weil,
  title = {{Waiting on God}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/waiting-on-god-weil}
}