Julian of Norwich Born : November 8, 1342 Died : 1416 Browse All Authors Top 95 quotes by Julian of Norwich All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. Julian of Norwich quartets purification faith 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. Julian of Norwich sick prayer believe He [Jesus] did not say, 'You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,' but he did say, 'You will never be overcome. Julian of Norwich uncomfortable overcoming jesus For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. No created being can ever know how much and how sweetly and tenderly God loves them. It is only with the help of his grace that we are able to persevere in spiritual contemplation with endless wonder at his high, surpassing, immeasurable love which our Lord in his goodness has for us. Julian of Norwich able grace spiritual Be a Gardener. Dig a ditch. Toil and sweat. And turn the earth upside down. And seek the deepness. And water plants in time. Continue this labor. And make sweet floods to run, and noble and abundant fruits to spring. Take this food and drink, and carry it to God as your true worship. Julian of Norwich spring running sweet Greatly ought we to rejoice that God dwells in our soul; and more greatly ought we to rejoice that our soul dwells in God. Our soul is created to be God’s dwelling place, and the dwelling of our souls is God, who is uncreated. It is a great understanding to see and know inwardly that God, who is our Creator, dwells in our soul, and it is a far greater understanding to see and know inwardly that our soul, which is created, dwells in God in substance, of which substance, though God, we are what we are. Julian of Norwich dwelling-place understanding soul The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love. Julian of Norwich religious christian god The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. Julian of Norwich teaching joy teacher Our life is all grounded and rooted in love, and without love we may not live. Julian of Norwich grounded may life Where do we begin? Begin with the heart. Julian of Norwich heart As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother. Julian of Norwich our-father mother father 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 weak fall needs 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. Julian of Norwich overcoming said Every act of kindness and compassion done by any man for his fellow Christian is done by Christ working within him. Julian of Norwich christian kindness men For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it. Julian of Norwich God loved us before he made us; and his love has never diminished and never shall. Julian of Norwich his-love made 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. Julian of Norwich pain mother jesus 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 Norwich soul grace prayer The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything. Julian of Norwich joy positive inspirational And I saw that truly nothing happens by accident or luck, but everything by God's wise providence. If it seems to be accident or luck from our point of view, our blindness and lack of foreknowledge is the cause; for matters that have been in God's foreseeing wisdom since before time began befall us suddenly, all unawares; and so in our blindness and ignorance we say that this is accident or luck, but to our Lord God it is not so. Julian of Norwich ignorance views wise
