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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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Author: 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.”

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“... beseech [God] for the light, the grace, the strength we need to do in all things [God's] will.”

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“Sometimes we are offended at a trifle, or a mere nothing; and the one who gives the displeasure is not aware that she has given it. Oh! Do not war with flies on the wing.”

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“We thanked the good God with our whole hearts for all the graces that [God] pours so abundantly...”

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“...your heart will tell you what to do...”

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“Of late I scarcely knew which way to turn for money, but Providence came to our help.”

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“O Mary, protect your children of the Woods! They owe you everything! Everything!”

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“And rest assured, my dear daughters, if you lean with all your weight upon Providence, you will find yourselves well supported.”

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“And from that happy day not one has passed in which our prayers have not been offered up to God...”

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“You must also accustom yourselves, my dear children, to bear in mind that if the faults of others displease us, ours also torment them.”

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“Further on vegetation flourished with rich and wild luxuriance; orange and lemon trees, loaded with the finest fruit. Altogether it was a delightful country.”

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“Yes, God truly makes use of the least likely instruments to procure [God's] glory.”

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Quote of the day

December 11
“...the eye is lost in the ravishing spectacle [nature], so calculated to elevate the soul towards the author of all things.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin