But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
JULIAN OF NORWICHOur Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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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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Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
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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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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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God is all that is good, as to my sight, and the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.
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Wherefore me behoveth needs to grant that all-thing that is done, it is well-done: for our Lord God doeth all.
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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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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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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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