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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: trust

path through trees

Prayer

Oración para pedir la guía del Señor

Read in English Amado mío, Tú que me acompañas en el camino,Haz que tu presencia que es mi guíasantifique cada paso que doy. En los momentos en que me preocupo […]


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Prayer for a brighter new year

Instead, I will ask that Your resolutions be mine.
Your path, my path. Your will, my will.
Let us walk headlong into this new year together.


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Prayer in the face of insurmountable obstacles

Take my hand. Pull me along, with urgency, if needed.
Let me never stray from the course you’ve set out for me,
even when I cannot see my way through.


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Prayer for those preparing for marriage

God, we will need you next to us
to guide us through every stage of our “I do,”


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Prayer for the sale of a home

Guide us — seller and buyer both —
through this change
with open and eager hearts.


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Prayer on the death of a pet

I turn to you for comfort, for the sure knowing
that my pet is with you forever and that
some far-off day, we will be reunited.


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Leaning into God

Beloved, be with all of us in our
leaning,
leaning into something new
leaning with trust on one another
leaning in toward the light.


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From darkness into light

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


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Day of the Dead/ Dia de los Muertos Prayer

Creator of the Universe, in your grace you promise us that those who die still live in Your presence. Their spirits have simply been transformed but have not ended.  I pray in gratitude and hope for my family, relatives and friends that have gone before me, and for all the dead known to You alone.


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A walk with God

Be my guide.
Help me to be aware
Of all that lies before, behind and around me.


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Be with your healthcare workers, oh Lord

Almighty God, as they walk the halls of sickness, help them to be a healing presence


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A Nurse’s Call

May we see and touch every patient as if it were you.


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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