God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWe are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.
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That which is impossible to thee is not impossible to me: I shall save my word in all things and I shall make all things well.
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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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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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That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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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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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give.
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It needeth us to have knowing of the littleness of creatures and to hold as nought all-thing that is made, for to love and have God that is unmade.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
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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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Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.
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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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Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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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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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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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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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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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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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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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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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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Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.
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