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We can all use a little help with prayer sometimes. The Sisters of Providence and Providence Associates hope to help inspire you! Whether it's the perfect Saint Mother Theodore Guerin quote or a prayer written by a Sister of Providence, let the right words bring Providence into your life. Browse the prayers below or if you're looking for something specific, use the “Topics” search in the search area.

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Topic: community

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“Do not meddle with what does not concern you.”

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“Give my love and greetings to all the sisters, and say that I wish them every good thing which they themselves desire...”

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“If ever this poor little Community becomes settled, it will be established on the cross; and that is what gives me confidence and makes me hope, sometimes even against hope.”

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“The tribulations which have afflicted our Community have produced very precious fruits.”

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“It was all over for us, if the Lord had not come to our aid.”

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“...I have paid more than sixty thousand francs (on the motherhouse), besides supplying the wants of the one hundred and thirty persons who compose our family. How, are we not daughters of Providence?”

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“Besides the admirable union that exists between persons of different nationalities, of dispositions so opposite, some well informed, others without education, there is also...a great spirit of faith, of piety and a confidence in God which goes as far, I believe, as it can go.”

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“Come to Saint Mary's...to give me the consolation of seeing you all, fervent and united, which is the greatest happiness that I can have in this world.”

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“If all but understood the power of that one word charity; how it unites and binds and welds together.”

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“So true is it that misfortune binds hearts together.”

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“To God alone be the glory of our labors, and to you, dear friends, the recompense on account of the assistance you will give us.”

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“Try to bear everything from others without making them bear anything from you.”

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Quote of the day

February 12
“Give yourself generously to God with all that belongs to [God]. Oh, how many graces would be the fruit of this self-surrender!”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin