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Topic: daily life
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Community prayer
You are a remarkable piece of the puzzle of humanity. Let me fit you into the big picture according to my design.
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Prayer: Small blessings, big impact
Oh, God, it’s winter. I think of the small blessings of cold and chill, ice and snow, and how the season can have a big effect on my mood and…
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Place yourself gently
Provident God, grant me the confidence in your love and care that Saint Mother Theodore had, so I too ‘may not give way to uneasiness about the future’ but ‘place myself gently into the hands of Providence,’ as I embrace present and future as evolving mystery. …
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“Really, I am humiliated in seeing Sister St. Francis run in the way of perfection while I just drag along.”
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“How bountifully [God] provides for all our wants - I would even say for our pleasures!”
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“What have we to do in order to be saints? Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than what we do every day. Only do it for [God's] love...”
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“How magnificent is the setting sun, which found me every evening in the same spot like a faithful courier!”
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“Make a good offering of all your actions to God in the morning, and then from time to time during the day; for instance, when the clock strikes...”
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“Let not a cross look or a word vex you; no, nothing in the world is worth losing our peace for...”
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