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Théodore Guérin

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Also known as Mother Theodore, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin, Mother Theodore Guerin, Saint Theodora, Sister St. Theodore, Theodore Guerin, Anne-Therese Guerin, Anne-Therese Guerin (Mother Theodore)

Catholic saint and nun from France (1798-1856)

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  • Journals and Letters of Mother Theodore Guerin

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  • [The Community's] crosses and trials give me confidence. But I derive my hope above all, and most especially, from our utter incapacity, for it is always upon nothingness that God is pleased to rear His works. If at any day we accomplish some good here, the glory will certainly be His alone, since He has employed for this end instruments more capable of spoiling everything than of making it succeed.
  • We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do.
  • You may have to wait longer than you would like, you may have to bear privations; but, bear and forebear. Have confidence in the Providence that so far has never failed us. The way is not yet clear. Grope along slowly. Do not press matters; be patient, be trustful.
  • Let us never forget that if we wish to die like the Saints we must live like them. Let us force ourselves to imitate their virtues, in particular humility and charity.
  • ...the Americans must have the Almighty dollar. Their cupidity renders them daring and indifferent to everything else. It is nothing to them to expose their lives and those of others in order to gain money. How materialistic these people are!
  • We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and linden blossoms, etc. In each excursion we discover something marvelous, beautiful, and useful in the magnificent forests of Indiana. At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. How bountifully He provides for all our wants -- I would even say for our pleasures! I love our woods and solitude very much; …

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