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Inspiration Search

Need some words of wisdom?

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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  • Type “love” in the Search bar and click submit.
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Topic: hope

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“...if you protect us, the work we have undertaken for the glory of God will succeed, will prosper. Of this I feel almost certain.”

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“...we can rely on [God's] assistance - assistance of which we have now greater need than ever before...”

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“To love in the right way is to accomplish the whole Law; it is to begin that happy life which will have its perfection only in heaven, where we shall live forever with a holy and perfect love.”

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“The sea was no longer beneath our feet, we were on the soil of America! Impossible to describe what passed within our hearts at that moment.”

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“With hearts full of gratitude we offered our thanks to God for all the benefits bestowed on us.”

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“...I told her she had absolutely nothing to do but to place herself in the hands of God.”

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“...what does it matter what becomes of us, provided God's work be accomplished? God's work - ah, it will ever be accomplished.”

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“...be assured that in leaving the past to the mercy of God and the future to [God's] Providence you will derive from your offering very great peace and very great consolation.”

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“Do not give way to uneasiness about the future.”

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“God alone can console you, strengthen you.”

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“You may yet be a great saint even though you have been a sinner.”

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“Mon Dieu! How happy I should be if I could see you become some day what you ought to be!”

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Quote of the day

December 10
Human Rights Day
“Let us love one another, Believe me, I have seen and examined much; ...Well, I hold this word:  "Let us love one another!"”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin