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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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“The heart understands the heart. As yours was speaking in your letter, mine understood its language.”
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“I fully enter into your difficulties, this is the same as telling you that I suffer with you. Need I tell you that I pray for you?”
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“Yes above all things; justice, justice. If any preferences may be shown let it be to the poorest or most abandoned.”
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“A woman in this country is never seen transacting the least business, religious no more than others. Eyes are opened wide at Terre Haute and everywhere when I appear to pay bills or to make purchases. Everyone is astonished.”
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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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“As to our garden and yard, we have all the woods. And the wilderness is our only cloister, for our house is like an oak tree planted therein.”
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“Be humble, like your Mother [Mary], devoted like her to the interests of God and your neighbor...”
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“I have debts at Paris and I do not know how to pay them. However, I am not too much discouraged. I see in all this the will of God, and I submit to it.”
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“You know ... that the good God always makes use of nothing in order to accomplish something.”
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