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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: purity

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“...purify your hearts more and more in communion with God, and acquire new strength and fervor for the time to come.”

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“[Your charity], it was life a gift from heaven, and is a new proof of the tender watchfulness of that divine Providence, of which we are in truth doubly the children.”

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“Really, I am humiliated in seeing Sister St. Francis run in the way of perfection while I just drag along.”

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“Detach yourself from yourself, my child, but gently, with that sweetness which is the distinctive mark of the spirit of God and not with that harshness which is the mark of yours.”

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“...for what [God] asks of us is only the heart.”

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“Be then, my dear sisters, more united with God. Act with a purer intention.”

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“O Mary, without spot, protect thy house of the Woods!”

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“Our exterior improvements are astonishing; but does our interior advancement correspond with the exterior?”

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Quote of the day

December 14
“Please give me a little share in your prayers.”
– Saint Mother Theodore Guerin