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Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

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You may yet be a great…

You may yet be a great saint even though you have been a sinner.

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Everything in us seemed to change…

Everything in us seemed to change except charity, which united us to God.

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The heart understands the heart. As…

The heart understands the heart. As yours was speaking in your letter, mine understood its language.

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I fully enter into your difficulties,…

I fully enter into your difficulties, this is the same as telling you that I suffer with you. Need I tell you that I pray for you?

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But if it is necessary to…

But if it is necessary to be just, it is necessary above all to be kind…

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You do well to pray for…

You do well to pray for me. Ask for me especially the grace of a good death.

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A woman in this country is…

A woman in this country is never seen transacting the least business, religious no more than others. Eyes are opened wide at Terre Haute and everywhere when I appear to pay bills or to make purchases. Everyone is astonished.

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Mon Dieu! How happy I should…

Mon Dieu! How happy I should be if I could see you become some day what you ought to be!

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As to our garden and yard,…

As to our garden and yard, we have all the woods. And the wilderness is our only cloister, for our house is like an oak tree planted therein.

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Be humble, like your Mother [Mary],…

Be humble, like your Mother [Mary], devoted like her to the interests of God and your neighbor…

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I have debts at Paris and…

I have debts at Paris and I do not know how to pay them. However, I am not too much discouraged. I see in all this the will of God, and I submit to it.

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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.