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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.

Julian of Norwich

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
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
Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Ground Life Live Love Ourselves
The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Acknowledge Age Himself Man Reward Service Time
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
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
In God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Fall God Ourselves
Our Lord God shewed that a deed shall be done, and Himself shall do it, and I shall do nothing but sin, and my sin shall not hinder His Goodness working.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Goodness Ourselves Sin Work
He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Comfortable Feeling Himself Yourself
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 NORWICH

Myself Necessary Sin Vision
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
But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Failure Love Ourselves
It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Grace Impossible Mercy
Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

Act Compassionate God Himself Kindness
Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
JULIAN OF NORWICH

God Grace Growth Love Ourselves Prayer
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

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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