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 NORWICHWe 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.
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God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
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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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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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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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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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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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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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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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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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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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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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