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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Sometimes I am disheartened with this…

Sometimes I am disheartened with this country that I feel as if I were carrying on my shoulders the weight of its highest mountains and in my heart all the thorns of its wilderness.

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When a fault is committed in…

When a fault is committed in your house, examine seriously before God whether you yourself are not the cause.

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Jesus always has time; he is…

Jesus always has time; he is always ready to listen to us.

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Be joyful, amiable toward each other….

Be joyful, amiable toward each other. Have nothing on your conscience to trouble you.

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Come to Saint Mary’s…to give me…

Come to Saint Mary’s…to give me the consolation of seeing you all, fervent and united, which is the greatest happiness that I can have in this world.

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We had but one dollar remaining……

We had but one dollar remaining… and we did not know where to get a cent for the want of the house. Still, how could I mistrust Divine Providence?

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I passed my days contemplating the…

I passed my days contemplating the sea, the clouds, the vessels, the fish… What a religious pensiveness seizes the soul on beholding the sky and the ocean, which seem to the voyager as the only objects in creation.

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…a tender charity has constantly existed among…

…a tender charity has constantly existed among us. … There… is the secret of our strength, the firm foundation of our prosperity, the source of our success.

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When they are ill, take good…

When they are ill, take good care of them.

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What will heaven be if our…

What will heaven be if our poor Earth is at times so beautiful?

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Grant, O my God, that all…

Grant, O my God, that all who dwell in this house may love thee much, may love one another and may never forget why they came here.

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…nothing can rob you of your…

…nothing can rob you of your joy when you will be reunited to those in heaven from whom you were obliged to be separated on Earth.

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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods and Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in 1840. She was born in France in 1798 and died in the United States in 1856, having lived the last 16 years of her life as a missionary teacher and healer in the Indiana wilderness. A strong leader and an even stronger woman of faith, Saint Mother Theodore and her many words of wisdom shared in her journals and letters continue to inspire people of today.