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Type: Quotes
Author: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“"If faults are committed in your house, examine seriously in the presence of God whether you are not yourself the cause of them."”
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“But again I must talk about money. When will the day come that we shall be able to be occupied only with God?”
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“Carefully guard every word; watch over yourselves that nothing imprudent may escape you and thus give the ill-disposed a reason for their complaints.”
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“The most painful sight I saw in New Orleans was the selling of slaves. Every day in the streets at appointed places, Negroes and Negresses in holiday attire are exposed for this shameful traffic, like the meanest animals at our fairs. This spectacle oppressed my heart.”
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“That [melancholy] is a bad disease. One has to bear with such persons and suffer; but they themselves more than anyone else.”
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“Sister St. Francis is resuscitated enough to preach for the jubilee. To see if she is dead, we shall have to take a little, or even a big boy to her room and ask her about preparing him for Baptism or for Confession. If she opens neither her eyes nor her mouth, we may have the funeral in all safety.”
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