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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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You may not live to see…

You may not live to see it, but you will have sown the seed, and your Sisters will come to reap what will have been sown.

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Pray for me occasionally that I…

Pray for me occasionally that I may not lose courage … that I may be brave enough to hold up others who falter sometimes.

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Repent of your sins and failings;…

Repent of your sins and failings; take resolutions to do better and, after that, be quiet. The more we stir up a dunghill, the more it exhales bad odors.

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My duties have multiplied to such…

My duties have multiplied to such an extent that it is impossible for me to fulfill them. I feel keenly the need to share a burden which I can no longer carry alone.

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In following the will of God…

In following the will of God … one can never go too far.

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We were all very sick. When…

We were all very sick. When one was feeling a little better, she went to aid another, to hold the head of one who was a little sicker than herself. You never saw such a comedy.

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Be then, my dear sisters, more…

Be then, my dear sisters, more united with God. Act with a purer intention.

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…ours is the preparation for the…

…ours is the preparation for the generation that will succeed us, and eminent good will be done this way by us.

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Happy those who are able to…

Happy those who are able to pray!

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If one way does not succeed,…

If one way does not succeed, try another.

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Do not require from everybody the…

Do not require from everybody the same virtues and qualities.

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… In France it snows and…

… In France it snows and freezes, but the cold is nothing compared to that of our forests… During these terrible periods of cold, showers sometimes fall of a singular sort like liquid peas in torrents.

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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.