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 NORWICHOur Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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If any such lover be in earth which is continually kept from falling, I know it not: for it was not shewed me. But this was shewed: that in falling and in rising we are ever preciously kept in one Love.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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In God’s sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
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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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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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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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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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Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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All that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
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Our 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.
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God willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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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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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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The age of every man shall be acknowledged before him in Heaven, and every man shall be rewarded for his willing service and for his time.
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