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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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“My very dear Daughters, journeys, an image of life, are usually accompanied by a host of unavoidable contradictions.”

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“You can never give good judgement to those persons to whom God has not given it; for [God] alone gives intelligence, and [God] will not require what [God] has not bestowed.”

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“All love one another tenderly, and this consolation is well calculated to support us in the pains we now suffer and in those which await us.”

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“It is true that you have the practical faith since you daily perform many good works. But how are they done? What spirit animates you?”

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“A woman said to me the other day, "You are the man of your house."”

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“What a year it has been for poor nature, and above all, what a year of grace.”

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“... nature unfolds in our forests and along our rivers in so grand and marvelous a manner that describing even with the greatest simplicity seems an exaggeration to those who, not having seen it, cannot form an idea of its splendor.”

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“We dwell in [God], and [God] dwells in us.”

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“I should be happy indeed to console and fortify your soul; not being able to do so, I pray for you with all my heart.”

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“What would it avail you to do better than someone else, if it is from the motive of being admired?”

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“I have confidence in the future. The one who took up our defense will protect us again. [God's] arm is not shortened.”

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“Now from the very spot I say to you before God that there is nothing to fear and everything to hope.”

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Quote of the day

October 12
“How truly is this part of the globe named the New World. Animals of every kind are the quiet possession of the woods; and here also are the hummingbird and a multitude of other birds.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin