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 NORWICHAs 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
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This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
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Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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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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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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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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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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God is all that is good, as to my sight, and the goodness that each thing hath, it is He.
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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.
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