This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThis is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
JULIAN OF NORWICHHe [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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHBut for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
JULIAN OF NORWICHHe 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!
JULIAN OF NORWICHThat love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
JULIAN OF NORWICHAll that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
JULIAN OF NORWICHPray, 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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHPrayer 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 NORWICHGod is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWherefore me behoveth needs to grant that all-thing that is done, it is well-done: for our Lord God doeth all.
JULIAN OF NORWICHLove was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
JULIAN OF NORWICHOur 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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