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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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Sister St. Francis is resuscitated enough…

Sister St. Francis is resuscitated enough to preach for the jubilee. To see if she is dead, we shall have to take a little, or even a big boy to her room and ask her about preparing him for Baptism or for Confession. If she opens neither her eyes nor her mouth, we may have the funeral in all safety.

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We must pray: it is our…

We must pray: it is our food without which nourishment we perish.

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At New York, we began to…

At New York, we began to experience the care of a maternal Providence which watched over us.

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We are approaching very fast. How…

We are approaching very fast. How fast my heart is beating! If you knew what feelings one experiences at a moment like this!

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…purify your hearts more and more…

…purify your hearts more and more in communion with God, and acquire new strength and fervor for the time to come.

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Endeavor not to cause others to…

Endeavor not to cause others to suffer, and you yourself try to endure the little annoyances which are unavoidable in the necessary relations with others.

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How we shall admire God’s care…

How we shall admire God’s care of us!

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At each step we can admire…

At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God.

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It would be better to be…

It would be better to be guarded in your words than always asking pardon.

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If … you are quite determined…

If … you are quite determined to belong entirely to God, to work with all your strength … I say to you with assurance, Come.

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You understand at least, my dearly…

You understand at least, my dearly loved sisters, that I do not have to get down deep in my heart before finding the tender love that fills it for you all…

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Come then, dear daughters, to enjoy…

Come then, dear daughters, to enjoy yourselves a little in the Lord and prepare for what the future has in store for you.

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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.