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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHHe 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.
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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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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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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.
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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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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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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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Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.
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But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
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Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.
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That which is impossible to thee is not impossible to me: I shall save my word in all things and I shall make all things well.
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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