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Topic: faith
Quote
“O my dear daughters, how consoling is this mystery of the Eucharist! If we knew how to appreciate it, it would suffice to fortify and sustain us; is there anything sweeter than to have a friend to whom we may at any hour confide our difficulties and our pains?”
Quote
“[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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Novena to Our Lady of Providence
Our Lady of Providence, Queen
of the Home, pray for strong and happy marriages,
safe pregnancies, peace within families, for those
divorced or separated and for all children,

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Advent Poem
ADVENT journey down through the centuries of people seeking God to become flesh in their lives journey of people in high places journey of the lowly and the simple journey…

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Aging Prayer
Oh, God, awaken within me the gift of these years.
Teach me to trust so I can face my fears.

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A prayer for a nun in a wheelchair
By John Shea In the Convent of Perpetual Adoration on an eternal summer afternoon the three o’clock chimes called back the flight of the old nun. In her wheelchair before…
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The Prayer of the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
A prayer for the visitors to the Shrine of Saint Mother Theodore Guerin.

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Compost Time
I’m throwing the unwanted scraps of my life here into the compost bin trusting that God can take what seems so useless and, amazingly, transform it into rich, dark soil…

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Prayer for healing
Jesus, let me just touch your garment as did the woman of ancient times. O Divine Healer, please stay right here, if you will, while I hurry back with all…
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Prayer for Travel
Providence of God, we believe in you. Providence of God, we hope in you. Providence of God, we love you will all our hearts. Providence of God, we thank you…
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