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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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“...The pure sky, the majestic sun which seemed to descend proudly into the waters as if to refresh itself, the luminous ray reaching out from it even to us, gilding the waves lightly stirred by the evening breeze...”

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“In the evening we remained on deck to see and examine at leisure the ravishing spectacle before us. It would take an abler pen than mine to describe it properly, if, indeed, it can be described.”

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“Try, my daughter, never to perform your actions with crooked intentions.”

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“I said to myself, thus does life pass, now calm, now agitated, but at last the end is attained.”

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“You can never imagine the void the death of Sister St. Francis has left in our house. I not only miss her, but it seems to me I have lost a part of my life. Day and night she is present in my mind.”

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“...how heartily I thanked God for the little share [God] has given me in this dear mission, where so many saints have labored and shall still labor.”

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“Souls everywhere are equally dear to our Lord, and we are determined to consecrate our life to them.”

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“Let us keep ever united in Our Lord. When we love one another in [God], we love [God] better.”

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“...grace is not given equally to all, nor at the same time.”

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“Truly I have great need of prayers. I am quite a grumbler.”

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“Unless we are on guard our faith will by degrees be weakened.”

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“Be careful not to give way to your temper, which makes you unsupportable. You would be a thousand times happier in resisting it.”

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Quote of the day

October 6
“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.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin