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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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“On the eighth of September, fifteen years ago, the day when for the first time we received Our Divine Savior in this land of American, at that very moment, America ceased to be for me a stranger-land. It became the land of my adoption.”

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“Up to this time you have not known how to deal with a person who is in the wrong. Perhaps you are not able to do so. I must not myself require from you more than you can give.”

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“The spirit of faith consists in doing our actions for God.”

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“The sea was no longer beneath our feet, we were on the soil of America! Impossible to describe what passed within our hearts at that moment.”

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“Reflect seriously on what you desire to do; above all pray much that our dear Lord may make known to you what [God] wishes you to do.”

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“Detach yourself from yourself, my child, but gently, with that sweetness which is the distinctive mark of the spirit of God and not with that harshness which is the mark of yours.”

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“With hearts full of gratitude we offered our thanks to God for all the benefits bestowed on us.”

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“How magnificent is the setting sun, which found me every evening in the same spot like a faithful courier!”

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“...I told her she had absolutely nothing to do but to place herself in the hands of God.”

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“...what does it matter what becomes of us, provided God's work be accomplished? God's work - ah, it will ever be accomplished.”

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“...be assured that in leaving the past to the mercy of God and the future to [God's] Providence you will derive from your offering very great peace and very great consolation.”

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“Do not give way to uneasiness about the future.”

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Quote of the day

November 22
“It is impossible to answer all the kind things you say to me except by a sentiment of profound gratitude. I can express it only to God, who understands the language of the heart.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin