The Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God’s sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.
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For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!
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Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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We need to fall, and we need to be aware of it; for if we did not fall, we should not know how weak and wretched we are of ourselves, nor should we know our Maker’s marvellous love so fully.
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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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Because of the Shewing I am not good but if I love God the better: and in as much as ye love God the better, it is more to you than to me.
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Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
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When we, by the working of mercy and grace, be made meek and mild, we are fully safe; suddenly is the soul oned to God when it is truly peaced in itself: for in Him is found no wrath.
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Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
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We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean.
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Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
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He shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
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