All that I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun.

This was phrase attributed to Henri Dominique La Cordier, the French Dominican preacher, the 19th century.

But like many famous quotations, it may be something that the author never said.

I tried to track it down, consulted notable historians

in my province, but with no success.

But you find it all over the internet,

so it's got to be true, huh?

We can put it along with other famous quotations

that people never said.

I think of the memorable

one of Teresa Alvila, who said, the love of God and chocolate is better than the love of God alone.

So, well, I first came across this phrase of La Cordiers during my novitiate year in the

Dominicans in 1970.

And you may remember that way back then, we were still in the age of liturgical banners.

I think that's passed us by now.

There was a banner in the novice rec room, and there was a quote on it.

It had a sunburst and the words superimposed.

All I know of tomorrow is that Providence will rise before the sun.

So I found those words a great comfort during that first year in the order as tomorrow,

tomorrow and tomorrow, crept in their petty pace from day to day to the last

syllable of the novice master's conferences. The words seemed to say that whatever tomorrow

might bring, God would be there first, that the world could never outpace God's providential care,

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