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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.

Julian of Norwich

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.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Believe Empty Feeling Joy Prayer Sick True Weakness Yourself
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.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Desire God Joy Natural Ourselves Willing
Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Greatness Ourselves Pain Understand
The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Greatness Happiness Knowledge Love
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.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Joy Reward Soul Teaching Work
If any such lover be in earth which is continually kept from falling, I know it not: for it was not shewed me. But this was shewed: that in falling and in rising we are ever preciously kept in one Love.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Earth Fall Lover Myself Rise
The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Goodness Low Need Object Ourselves Prayer Reach
Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Beginning Heart Inspirational
Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Love Peace Work
We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Goodness Love Security
For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Save Sin Soul
But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Goodness Live Myself Woman
As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love, bears us into joy and endless living. Blessed may he be.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Death End Joy Live Mom Ourselves Pain Religious
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 NORWICH

Fall Love Ourselves Weakness
The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Oneself Prayer Purpose
The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Earth Heaven Love Pain Suffering

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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