Prayer is the deliberate and persevering action of the soul. It is true and enduring, and full of grace. Prayer fastens the soul to God and makes it one with God’s will.
JULIAN OF NORWICHOur 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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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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God, of thy goodness, give me Thyself; for Thou art enough for me, and I can ask for nothing less that can be full honor to Thee. And if I ask anything that is less, ever Shall I be in want, for only in Thee have I all.
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The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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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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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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The 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.
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He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!
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My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us.
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God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
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We are in God and God whom we do not see is in us.
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The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
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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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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
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