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We can all use a little help with prayer sometimes. The Sisters of Providence 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: friendship

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“My heart feels the need of sharing with you both its joys and griefs.”

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“You will be happy yourself in making others happy.”

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“Oh! I would wish to suffer for you or at least alleviate your affliction. Be assured I do share it.”

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“For true hearts, there is no separating ocean; or, rather, God is their ocean, in whom they meet and are united.”

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“Be very sure that the sisters at Saint Mary's love you much.”

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“Indeed it is very difficult, and it requires an uncommon virtue, not to make others suffer when we suffer.”

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“We would love to tell you again that every day we include you all in our labors and prayers.”

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“Mutual confidence is the sweet secret of gaining hearts.”

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“My duties have multiplied to such an extent that it is impossible for me to fulfill them. I feel keenly the need to share a burden which I can no longer carry alone.”

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“We were all very sick. When one was feeling a little better, she went to aid another, to hold the head of one who was a little sicker than herself. You never saw such a comedy.”

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“What a sweet providence it is to find friends thus willing to assist us.”

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“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?”

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Quote of the day

March 29
“Her [Sister Saint Francis Xavier] example animates and confounds me. I am near her in the chapel distracted with temporalities and business, and I see her lost in God and melting with love for our Lord.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin