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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Topic: love
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“...nothing can rob you of your joy when you will be reunited to those in heaven from whom you were obliged to be separated on Earth.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Think sometimes of your poor Sister Theodore, who loves you so much, who prays for you, who thinks of you day and night.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Oh, if you could understand the feelings of a mother's heart for a child which is not hers by nature but by grace - the feelings of the heart, I say for the temporal but more especially for the eternal happiness of her child - you would understand what I feel for you.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Sister St. Francis Xavier is necessary for my existence. She is my oldest daughter, the friend of my soul, which she reads as I do hers. I have need of her advice, of her example. I will even say of her little scoldings.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Happy, ah, thrice happy are they who can look forward to the eternal future with calm and confidence, who can throw themselves with love into the bosom of God, the center of felicity!”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“Never scold nor punish more than the fault deserves. Children naturally love justice even when it punishes them.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“... we shall love her tenderly, as we love all those whom the Lord confides to us. Affection is the only thing that we can give them.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“It is truly sublime to be devoted to the service of our neighbor, to cooperate so intimately with our blessed Lord in the work for which [God] laid down [God's] life. But we must not think it an easy task.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“If we love Our Lord with our whole heart, if we serve [God] faithfully, we shall be happy even in this life.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
