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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHThe love that made Him to suffer passeth as far all His pains as Heaven is above Earth.
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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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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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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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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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.
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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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A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.
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The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
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This is our Lord’s will… that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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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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But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
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God is nearer to us than our own spirit.
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The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.
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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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