The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
JULIAN OF NORWICH
JULIAN OF NORWICH
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God willeth that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich 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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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich That which is impossible to thee is not impossible to me: I shall save my word in all things and I shall make all things well.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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