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The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods are a community of vowed Catholic women religious. Inspired by our foundress Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, we are passionate about our lives of prayer, education, service and advocacy.
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Gospel Reflections
Check here weekly for a short and simple reflection on each Sunday’s Gospel reading written by a Sister of Providence or Providence Associate. You’ll find practical ideas for living the Gospel message in your day-to-day life. God bless you as you strive to live out the Gospel in the week ahead!

October 15, 2023: Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Poor Sonny Gorky

October 8, 2023: Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
" ... don't I already have a sense of what those sins are or will be?"

October 1, 2023: Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Where might your talents lead if you allowed them to flower fully?

September 24, 2023: Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Connect with your heart as your mind counts your blessings, feel gratitude for the gifts in your life

September 17, 2023: Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Forgiveness is a practice and a way of life

September 10, 2023: Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Pray for guidance and courage

September 3, 2023: Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gather all your tools and supports to begin to face, accept and learn from this cross

August 27, 2023: Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
This passage gives me hope about what access to heaven and earth keys give to us

August 20, 2023: Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
It is incredibly difficult for me to ask for help

August 13, 2023: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is fear a pathway to faith?
August 6, 2023: The Transfiguration of the Lord
The passage describing Jesus' transfiguration and my own rephrasing of it are not metaphors

July 31, 2023: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
To what can I liken the kindom of God in the here and now?
