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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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My very dear Daughters, journeys, an…

My very dear Daughters, journeys, an image of life, are usually accompanied by a host of unavoidable contradictions.

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You can never give good judgement…

You can never give good judgement to those persons to whom God has not given it; for [God] alone gives intelligence, and [God] will not require what [God] has not bestowed.

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All love one another tenderly, and…

All love one another tenderly, and this consolation is well calculated to support us in the pains we now suffer and in those which await us.

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It is true that you have…

It is true that you have the practical faith since you daily perform many good works. But how are they done? What spirit animates you?

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A woman said to me the…

A woman said to me the other day, “You are the man of your house.”

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What a year it has been…

What a year it has been for poor nature, and above all, what a year of grace.

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… nature unfolds in our forests…

… nature unfolds in our forests and along our rivers in so grand and marvelous a manner that describing even with the greatest simplicity seems an exaggeration to those who, not having seen it, cannot form an idea of its splendor.

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We dwell in [God], and [God]…

We dwell in [God], and [God] dwells in us.

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I should be happy indeed to…

I should be happy indeed to console and fortify your soul; not being able to do so, I pray for you with all my heart.

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What would it avail you to…

What would it avail you to do better than someone else, if it is from the motive of being admired?

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I have confidence in the future….

I have confidence in the future. The one who took up our defense will protect us again. [God’s] arm is not shortened.

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Now from the very spot I…

Now from the very spot I say to you before God that there is nothing to fear and everything to hope.

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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.