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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
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Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
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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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Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God’s will.
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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.
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The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
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The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.
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Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.
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This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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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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