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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: God

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“All our sufficiency is from God. Who says: "Without me, you can do nothing."”

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“Show our students how sweetly tender is the Providence of God...”

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“...you yourself are often the cause of what you suffer. And I say it also in order that you may endeavor to become more amiable and loving, more united to Our Lord...”

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“But our hope is in the providence of God, which has protected us until the present, and which will provide, somehow, for our future needs...”

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“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.”

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“We must correspond to the grace of God to the best of our power, not through fear of sin, but from sentiment of love.”

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“Cities and provinces disappear like individuals. God alone remains. Let us attach ourselves to [God] with all our hearts and [God] will take care of us...”

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“Being poor we can only plant; you must water, and to God alone be the glory of the increase.”

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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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“Have confidence in the Providence that so far has never failed us.”

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“Thank God now with all your heart, seeing that [God] removes obstacles to your advancement and gives opportunity of doing good work.”

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“In short, when you have committed a fault, disavow it before God; ask [God's] pardon, promise to do better in the future. Make a good act of love, and after that, go your way as though nothing had happened.”

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Quote of the day

April 18
“What would it avail you to do better than someone else, if it is from the motive of being admired?”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin