Sisters of Providence

“The Bible doesn’t tell one word of what his mother said that first glad Easter morning when Jesus arose from the dead. Great joy sometimes can make one dumb. I think Mary went back home to wait for him to come and speak to her in loving tones.” (quote supplied by Sister Elizabeth Rose Weisenbach)…

“Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping. The more you sow, the more you reap.” (2 Corinthians 9:6) “Never could it be said of Sister Raymond Hunter that she sowed thinly or that she reaped a meager harvest. Her 100 years were marked continually by a cheerful generosity responding to whatever need was at…

“My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God.” (1 John 4:7) “Anyone who knew Sister Gerry Cavanaugh was aware that she loved God, loved life and the people in her life,” said Sister Rita Clare Gerardot in her commentary for Sister Gerry Cavanaugh, who died Oct. 14. Born…

“I say to you, my dear sisters, that Jesus in the Sacrament of the Eucharist is as tender and as vigilant for us as he was for his apostles.” (Saint Mother Theodore Guerin) “Send your hearts a thousand times a day to our Lord really and truly present in the Holy Sacrament of the Altar.”…

“But Jesus called the children to him and said, ‘Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.’” (Luke 18:16) “I did not notice until yesterday that the verses that I just read, about Jesus and the little children,…

“But let me run loose and free, celebrating God’s great work, every bone in my body laughing, singing, ‘God, there’s no one like you.’” (Based on Psalm 40 from “The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language”) “‘We gather in this sacred space where promises are made and dreams unfold. Every service, private prayer, community happening…

“Rejoice always, never cease praying, render constant thanks; such is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16) “Anyone who has been around Sister Venard much during the past several years in particular would think that she had these words engraved in her mind and heart for she certainly practiced them. My first…

“Whatever you do, do with all your heart. …” (Colossians 3:23) “The words of Isaiah, ‘You are precious in my sight, and I love you,’ and the words of St. Paul, ‘Whatever you do, do with all your heart,’ are most befitting of Sister Agnes Pauline. In the memory of love, we gather and give…

“Consider, I entreat you, that death sports with human calculations. … Let us always have in hand our lamps burning, that we may not be surprised.” (Saint Mother Theodore Guerin) “I can imagine Sister Frances hearing these words with great peace and saying, ‘I am ready.’ She was deeply prayerful, totally committed to her life…