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 NORWICH
JULIAN OF NORWICH
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Julian of Norwich75 quotes“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.”
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Our Savior is our true Mother in whom we are endlessly born and out of whom we shall never come.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich For in every soul that shall be saved is a Godly Will that never assented to sin, nor ever shall.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich All will be well, and every kind of thing will be well.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich We give our intent to love and meekness, by the working of mercy and grace we are made all fair and clean.
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Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich We are kept all as securely in Love in woe as in weal, by the Goodness of God.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: ‘Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well’.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.
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Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
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