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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHWe 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.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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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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Charity keepeth us in Faith and Hope, and Hope leadeth us in Charity. And in the end all shall be Charity.
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He 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!
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Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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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 willeth to be seen and to be sought: to be abided and to be trusted.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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The ground of mercy is love, and the working of mercy is our keeping in love.
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He that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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He shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
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It is most impossible that we should beseech mercy and grace, and not have it.
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Here saw I a great oneing betwixt Christ and us, to mine understanding: for when He was in pain, we were in pain.
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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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Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
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