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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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The church is as full as…

The church is as full as an egg.

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Do not recoil from any sacrifice…

Do not recoil from any sacrifice for the sake of your work.

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Both of us together are not…

Both of us together are not worth two cents.

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…you yourself are often the cause…

…you yourself are often the cause of what you suffer. And I say it also in order that you may endeavor to become more amiable and loving, more united to Our Lord…

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But our hope is in the…

But our hope is in the providence of God, which has protected us until the present, and which will provide, somehow, for our future needs…

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Her [Sister Saint Francis Xavier] example…

Her [Sister Saint Francis Xavier] example animates and confounds me. I am near her in the chapel distracted with temporalities and business, and I see her lost in God and melting with love for our Lord.

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When one has nothing more to…

When one has nothing more to lose, the heart is inaccessible to fear.

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We must correspond to the grace…

We must correspond to the grace of God to the best of our power, not through fear of sin, but from sentiment of love.

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Cities and provinces disappear like individuals….

Cities and provinces disappear like individuals. God alone remains. Let us attach ourselves to [God] with all our hearts and [God] will take care of us…

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Without you never would our mission…

Without you never would our mission of Indiana have existed.

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Oh do be very charitable, that…

Oh do be very charitable, that is all I ask of you.

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No one will ever love you…

No one will ever love you as your old Mother Theodore does.

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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.