He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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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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In God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
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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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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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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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Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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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 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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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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The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in 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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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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