Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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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Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
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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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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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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.
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The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.
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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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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.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.
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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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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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In God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
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We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean.
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My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us.
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Our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.
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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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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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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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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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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give.
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God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
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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.
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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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Everything has being through the love of God.
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