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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.

Julian of Norwich

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Julian of Norwich
Age: 73 †
Born: 1342
Born: November 8
Died: 1416
Died: January 1
Theologian
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Juliana of Norwich
St. Julian of Norwich
St. Juliana of Norwich
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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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Peace and love are ever in us, being and working but we be not alway in peace and in love.
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For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.
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In God's sight we do not fall: in our own we do not stand.
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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.
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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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Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give.
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Love was without beginning, is, and shall be without ending.
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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 [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.
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See that I am God. See that I am in everything. See that I do everything. See that I have never stopped ordering my works, nor ever shall, eternally. See that I lead everything on to the conclusion I ordained for it before time began, by the same power, wisdom and love with which I made it. How can anything be amiss?
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The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.
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