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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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I would consider it a very…

I would consider it a very tender mark of God’s providence if it were given me to see you again.

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What a head you have! My…

What a head you have! My poor child, it would be better for you to be obedient than to be guided by your own poor judgment. There is no common sense in such a way.

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Be gay and cheerful with your…

Be gay and cheerful with your Sisters, even when you do not feel like it. The Divine Infant will be pleased at your efforts and will give you a great many graces. With fidelity to this grace you will pass a happy Christmas and commence a happy new year.

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Our first prayer was made for…

Our first prayer was made for you, our dear and generous friends.

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Let us love one another ……

Let us love one another … Let us love [God] in our sisters, serve [God] in our neighbor, that is the easiest way to do good.

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Please give me a little share…

Please give me a little share in your prayers.

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You know my dear daughter, that…

You know my dear daughter, that I always speak to you with candor and simplicity…I know that you prefer to be treated this way.

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[God] has protected us with so…

[God] has protected us with so much love until the present day that I should consider it a crime to doubt [God’s] mercy now.

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Jesus Christ becomes our nourishment! And…

Jesus Christ becomes our nourishment! And further marvel – the nourishment does not change into ourselves, but changes us into itself; and we become, in some manner, other Christs…

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In truth, how much good there…

In truth, how much good there is to do here, and how great and sublime the mission confided to us!

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O, how pleasing you will be…

O, how pleasing you will be to our Lord if you put yourself in the place of [others]…

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Let us love one another, Believe…

Let us love one another, Believe me, I have seen and examined much; …Well, I hold this word:  “Let us love one another!”

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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.