In God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
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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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 shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
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Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
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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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God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
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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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My, how busy we become when we lose sight of how God loves us.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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But 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.
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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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God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
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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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