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.
You can use one of the search/filter fields at a time, or you can combine them. For instance,
- Type “love” in the Search bar and click submit.
- Choose “faith” in the Topics drop-down and click submit.
- Type “love” in the Search bar, choose “Saint Mother Theodore Guerin” in the Author drop-down, and then click submit.
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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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“It is truly sublime to be devoted to the service of our neighbor, to cooperate so intimately with our blessed Lord in the work for which [God] laid down [God's] life. But we must not think it an easy task.”
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“Sometimes I am disheartened with this country that I feel as if I were carrying on my shoulders the weight of its highest mountains and in my heart all the thorns of its wilderness.”
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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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“If ever this poor little Community becomes settled, it will be established on the cross; and that is what gives me confidence and makes me hope, sometimes even against hope.”
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“We could have a garden three times as large as yours, if we had help enough to cultivate it.”
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“It embarrasses them a little to have women resist them and speak to them about the law.”
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“Several who have been educated in our houses, ... are now married and in society... We begin to see the good which our Congregation is doing in this country.”
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“In truth, how much good there is to do here, and how great and sublime the mission confided to us!”
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