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The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.

Julian of Norwich

He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Comfortable Feeling Himself Yourself
Pray, even if you feel nothing, see nothing. For when you are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to God, even though you may find little joy in it. This is true of all believing prayer.
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Believe Empty Feeling Joy Prayer Sick True Weakness Yourself
Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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Beginning End Love
Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
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Born End God Mom Ourselves True
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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Kind Myself Necessary Sin
Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
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Cost Count Heart Person
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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Fall Love Ourselves Weakness
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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God Grace Growth Love Ourselves Prayer
God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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Clothes God Leaving Ourselves
The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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Earth Heaven Love Pain Suffering
Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
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Enjoyment Goodness Prayer Thinking Yourself
That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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Break God Love Ourselves Sin
Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
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God Goodness Ourselves Sin Work
But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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Failure Love Ourselves
For our soul is so preciously loved of him that is highest, that it over-passeth the knowing of all creatures.
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Creature Love Ourselves Precious Soul
The 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.
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God Joy Reward Soul Teaching Work

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