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 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
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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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But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
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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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The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.
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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
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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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The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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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.
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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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Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
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Everything has being through the love of God.
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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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