Stories about

Providence Spirituality

A reflection for Memorial Day 2020

By Sister Patricia Linehan | May 25, 2020 |

The first words of these young Marines were invariably a plea to know if their buddy had been picked up.

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Enlarging Your “I”

By Lori Strawn | May 24, 2020 |

Everything you do now in the interest of others, in the interest of stemming the tide of this disease, is growing yourself beyond your former boundaries. And that is a good thing.

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Virtual prayer, support reassures teen

By Ozlynne Tharp | May 22, 2020 |

It’s a great experience to listen to and empathize with each other.

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Musings on wearing and making masks

By Sister Denise Wilkinson | May 21, 2020 |

Let’s take our place then in a long history of mask wearers and mask makers. Let our masks keep ourselves and our neighbors safe and well.

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‘Everything in us seemed to change except charity, which united us to God’

By Ashley Poff | May 15, 2020 |

This need to bring Taize to the people where they are- at home- trumped any past reservations and opened the door for what feels like a bright future.

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‘What about the switchboard?’

By Amanda Maher | May 14, 2020 |

In the end, it was decided I would work from home and all calls would be routed to my cell phone

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Reflecting on Crises with Saint Mother Theodore Guerin

By Sister Jan Craven | May 13, 2020 |

“My very dear and beloved Daughters … I have confidence that God will not permit any of you to be attacked by the epidemic. Be cheerful, kind to one another; having nothing on your conscience that could trouble you. Do not fast. Let your food be wholesome and well prepared.”

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A reflection for Mother’s Day

By Debbie Dillow | May 10, 2020 |

Traditions are ways for us to pass along the memories from one generation to another.

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Prayer in this Time of Need

By Sister Paula Damiano | May 7, 2020 |

‘There were, and continue to be, many good things that have come from this time …’

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Nurses Day prayers from the Sisters of Providence

By Sisters of Providence | May 6, 2020 |

Three of our Sisters of Providence with nursing backgrounds offer prayers for nurses during this time of coronavirus epidemic.

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The Art of Isolation

By Lori Strawn | May 1, 2020 |

Let the holy within you rise
to greet silence as a friend
and enter into prayer
that moves and lives
and has being in you
for as long as it lasts.

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Does it spark joy?

By Sister Paula Damiano | April 27, 2020 |

All I needed to do was ask the question, “Does it spark my joy?”

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“The God of Providence carries the entire mystery of the divine, ever trustworthy, never failing. The God of Providence offers all the possibilities for ourselves and the world, including both what God wants to happen and what God is willing to let happen because God honors the gift of human freedom. The choices are ours — truly free, but ever grounded in the grace of God, the Holy Mystery of Providence, about which there is ever more to be discovered.” – Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer

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