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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Think sometimes of your poor Sister…

Think sometimes of your poor Sister Theodore, who loves you so much, who prays for you, who thinks of you day and night.

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Oh, if you could understand the…

Oh, if you could understand the feelings of a mother’s heart for a child which is not hers by nature but by grace – the feelings of the heart, I say for the temporal but more especially for the eternal happiness of her child – you would understand what I feel for you.

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… beseech [God] for the light,…

… beseech [God] for the light, the grace, the strength we need to do in all things [God’s] will.

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Sometimes we are offended at a…

Sometimes we are offended at a trifle, or a mere nothing; and the one who gives the displeasure is not aware that she has given it. Oh! Do not war with flies on the wing.

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We thanked the good God with…

We thanked the good God with our whole hearts for all the graces that [God] pours so abundantly…

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…your heart will tell you what…

…your heart will tell you what to do…

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Of late I scarcely knew which…

Of late I scarcely knew which way to turn for money, but Providence came to our help.

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O Mary, protect your children of…

O Mary, protect your children of the Woods! They owe you everything! Everything!

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And rest assured, my dear daughters,…

And rest assured, my dear daughters, if you lean with all your weight upon Providence, you will find yourselves well supported.

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And from that happy day not…

And from that happy day not one has passed in which our prayers have not been offered up to God…

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You must also accustom yourselves, my…

You must also accustom yourselves, my dear children, to bear in mind that if the faults of others displease us, ours also torment them.

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Further on vegetation flourished with rich…

Further on vegetation flourished with rich and wild luxuriance; orange and lemon trees, loaded with the finest fruit. Altogether it was a delightful country.

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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.