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Prayer is a new, gracious, lasting will of the soul united and fast-bound to the will of God by the precious and mysterious working of the Holy Ghost.

Julian of Norwich

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Julian of Norwich
Age: 73 †
Born: 1342
Born: November 8
Died: 1416
Died: January 1
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Juliana of Norwich
St. Julian of Norwich
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Anything less then God, ever me wanteth.
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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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Between God and the soul there is no between.
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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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