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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHOur Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.
More Julian of Norwich Quotes
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He said not ‘Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased’; but he said, ‘Thou shalt not be overcome.
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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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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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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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The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.
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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’.
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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.
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Our 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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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 that is highest and worthiest was most fully made-nought and most utterly despised.
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That love of God is hard and marvelous. It cannot and will not be broken because of our sins.
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All will be well, and every kind of thing will be well.
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This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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The goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.
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