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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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Topic: beauty

Prayer

From darkness into light

And I knew that could happen
to our world too —
This growing in
and emerging from
Darkness into Light

Prayer

Lord if we ever need you, we need you now

Shine your sunlight on the seeds of life

Prayer

God’s healing rays

Breathe in God and breathe out love.
Delight in the beauty that surrounds you each day.

Prayer

A blessing

The blessing of a new day. The blessing of color and sunlight. The blessing of the gentle breeze. The blessing of the cool shade beneath a tall lush tree. The […]

Prayer

May I see clearly …

May I see clearly with the eye of my beating heart. May I have the wisdom to listen with special care. May my heart and mind be in tune to […]

Prayer

Healer

Her voice echoes from of old, beckoning me to be still.

Quote

“I believe Mother Theodore’s treasures were these: steadfast belief in Providence; an enduring and practical love of people – especially her sisters; and a sense of this place, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, as the deep well from which she drank in the presence, strength, and elaborate beauty of God.”

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“At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God.”

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“The weather was magnificent. It seemed that heaven united with earth to add beauty to the feast. Never had I seen our solitude so charming.”

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“How bountifully [God] provides for all our wants - I would even say for our pleasures!”

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“The chapel is nicely ornamented...It is the prettiest little chapel I have seen anywhere since I left France. Though so beautiful, it is nevertheless very simple.”

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“...our gaze wandered over a multitude of wonders, especially when from the summit of mountains which seemed to rest beneath our feet we saw steep gorges, beautiful valleys spread out between superb mountains, all in fact which nature could offer most apt to lift up the soul to the Author of all things.”

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Quote of the day

December 5
World Soil Day
“One can see little, but what one sees is beautiful.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin