God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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Prayer unites the soul to 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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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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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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He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them, and shall keep them without end.
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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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He [Jesus] did not say, ‘You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,’ but he did say, ‘You will never be overcome.
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Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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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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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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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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Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.
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It needeth us to have knowing of the littleness of creatures and to hold as nought all-thing that is made, for to love and have God that is unmade.
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