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.
JULIAN OF NORWICHGod is nearer to us than our own spirit.
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Prayer unites the soul to God.
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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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Peace and love are ever in us, being and working; but we be not alway in peace and in love.
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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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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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He shall appear suddenly and blissfully to all that love Him.
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God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall.
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God is our clothing, that wraps, clasps and encloses us so as to never leave us.
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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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Because of the Shewing I am not good but if I love God the better: and in as much as ye love God the better, it is more to you than to me.
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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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The Elements of Prayer|Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us. |Its use: to turn our will to His will. |Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.
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Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live.
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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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Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.
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