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Inspiration Search

Need some words of wisdom?

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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“... 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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“To pray for you is a necessity for me, but I am so occupied with what is called business that my prayers are very poor, very miserable.”

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“You yourselves know well, when you ardently desire to do something, though very fatiguing, nothing appears too difficult.”

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“Prayers are never lost.”

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“It is not enough to acknowledge our faults; we must correct them.”

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“All our sufficiency is from God. Who says: "Without me, you can do nothing."”

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“She encouraged me by her example and good counsels; she reproved me for my faults with a charity and courage which my brusqueness and my haughty and imperious character had never discouraged; in a word, she was everything to me.”

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Quote of the day

December 8
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
“O Mary, without spot, protect thy house of the Woods!”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin