The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.
JULIAN OF NORWICH
JULIAN OF NORWICH
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Julian of Norwich75 quotes“The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.”
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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.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich 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.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich He shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
Julian of NorwichJulian 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 NorwichJulian of Norwich Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich For our soul is so preciously loved of him that is highest, that it over-passeth the knowing of all creatures.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich 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 NorwichJulian of Norwich A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich
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Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Maybe you have to be smaller if you want to see bigger things. To see how the sky looked prettier from the ground.
A. DimitriA. Dimitri In order to fly, you have to give up the ground you are standing on.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel I look around and see the things I have, and I remember not having them. That is one thing that keeps me grounded. I’m definitely the same person I was. I never lose me, I never lose the real person.
Mariah CareyMariah Carey [On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.
EmpedoclesEmpedocles Our reasonings are grounded upon two great principles, that of contradiction, in virtue of which we judge false that which involves a contradiction, and true that which is opposed or contradictory to the false.
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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