The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.
JULIAN OF NORWICHAll that is contrary to love and peace is of the Fiend and of his part.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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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 that we endlessly hate the sin and endlessly love the soul, as God loveth it.
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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
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Prayer 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.
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The love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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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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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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Truth sees God, and wisdom contemplates God, and from these two comes a third, a holy and wonderful delight in God, who is love.
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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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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.
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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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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love, bears us into joy and endless living. Blessed may he be.
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But for I am a woman should I therefore live that I should not tell you the goodness of God?
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