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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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“Her [Sister Saint Francis Xavier] example animates and confounds me. I am near her in the chapel distracted with temporalities and business, and I see her lost in God and melting with love for our Lord.”

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“When one has nothing more to lose, the heart is inaccessible to fear.”

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“We must correspond to the grace of God to the best of our power, not through fear of sin, but from sentiment of love.”

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“Cities and provinces disappear like individuals. God alone remains. Let us attach ourselves to [God] with all our hearts and [God] will take care of us...”

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“Without you never would our mission of Indiana have existed.”

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“Oh do be very charitable, that is all I ask of you.”

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“No one will ever love you as your old Mother Theodore does.”

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“Being poor we can only plant; you must water, and to God alone be the glory of the increase.”

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“The trees raise their straight trunks to the height of more than one hundred twenty feet high and are crowned with tops of admirable beauty.”

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“Be humble, simple and frank, and you will live in peace with yourselves, and you will be happy.”

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“Every year I renew this same prayer, every year I pray you to watch over your words during Lent.”

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“Ah, it is when we are young that we can do something for our salvation and for our neighbor’s.”

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Quote of the day

March 3
World Wildlife Day; Feast of Saint Katharine Drexel
“It would seem that God wished to give us a symbol of the Christian's day of rest by the calm of nature.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin