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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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There are very few persons who…

There are very few persons who understand how difficult it is to serve their neighbor, and nearly everybody imagines that it is a very easy thing to raise children.

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I am happy to know that…

I am happy to know that you are united. O, may this union last a long time!

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One can see little, but what…

One can see little, but what one sees is beautiful.

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Learn, then, to practice simplicity ……

Learn, then, to practice simplicity …

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Have you sometimes thought, my dear…

Have you sometimes thought, my dear sisters, that you are called to do on Earth what our Lord [Jesus] did? He instructed and you instruct.

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Let us yield our hearts up…

Let us yield our hearts up to joy.

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…Lo! I said to myself, these…

…Lo! I said to myself, these Americans, so proud of their liberty, thus make game of the liberty of others. Poor Negroes! I would have wished to buy them all that I might say to them, “Go! Bless Providence. You are free!”

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O my dear daughters, how consoling…

O my dear daughters, how consoling is this mystery of the Eucharist! If we knew how to appreciate it, it would suffice to fortify and sustain us; is there anything sweeter than to have a friend to whom we may at any hour confide our difficulties and our pains?

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Threre are some among you who…

Threre are some among you who are like old Bouraux. This was a turkey-cock that got angry at the least thing. He did not have one good quarter of an hour during the day because he got mad at everything.

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It is impossible to answer all…

It is impossible to answer all the kind things you say to me except by a sentiment of profound gratitude. I can express it only to God, who understands the language of the heart.

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…it is necessary to bear the…

…it is necessary to bear the faults of others and try to correct our own in order not to make others suffer too much.

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Charity does not consist in loving…

Charity does not consist in loving one or two persons and being indifferent to all the rest.

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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.