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 NORWICHThe 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 NORWICHWe 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 NORWICHBut 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 NORWICHHe shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
JULIAN OF NORWICHBut for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
JULIAN OF NORWICHA great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe Lord looks on his servants with pity and not with blame. In God’s sight we do not fall; in our sight, we do not stand. Both of these are true, but the deeper insight belongs to God.
JULIAN OF NORWICHFor in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWhere do we begin? Begin with the heart.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThat love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWe are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod is nearer to us than our own spirit.
JULIAN OF NORWICHAll that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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