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Type: Quotes
Author: Saint Mother Theodore Guerin
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“All that you teach the children must be taught for the greater glory of God and for the good of the children.”
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“Several who have been educated in our houses, ... are now married and in society... We begin to see the good which our Congregation is doing in this country.”
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“Sadness is very hurtful for you, so do not indulge in it, crying like a baby to whom they have not given any candy.”
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“Oh! The Daughters of Providence must fear nothing as to their future. They must confide themselves entirely to their good Mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.”
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“Every evening at the same hour when the weather was calm, I went to go on deck and bless God for all the wonders of [God's] creation. I loved to consider the care of God's Providence which extends even to the little fishes.”
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“The chapel is nicely ornamented...It is the prettiest little chapel I have seen anywhere since I left France. Though so beautiful, it is nevertheless very simple.”
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“What have we to do in order to be saints? Nothing extraordinary; nothing more than what we do every day. Only do it for [God's] love...”
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“Oh, how fortunate we are to have given the days of our youth to that God of love who gives us so much affection, and even more when we are old, infirm and crippled than when we were young and robust.”
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“We again offered up to heaven the sacrifices of all that we loved, and we thought of those who were weeping for us.”
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