Between God and the soul there is no between.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod is nearer to us than our own spirit.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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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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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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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
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This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.
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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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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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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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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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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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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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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 willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.
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