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Julian of Norwich Quotes about Prayer

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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.

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
Prayer, Believe, Sick

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
Prayer, Grace, Soul

Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it. It does good, though you feel nothing. Yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Thinking, Doe

The fruit and the purpose of prayer is to be oned with and like God in all things.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Purpose, Fruit

Our Lord is the ground from whom our prayer grows and in his love and grace he himself gives us our prayers.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Giving, Grace

...the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Needs, Goodness

Prayer unites the soul to God.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Soul
Julian of Norwich (2014). “Collected Works”, p.155, Lulu Press, Inc

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.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Use, Elements

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
Prayer, Soul, Mysterious
Julian Of Norwich (1998). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.152, Penguin UK

This is our Lord's will... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Lord, Answers To Prayer
Julian of Norwich (2013). “The Showings of Divine Love”, p.77, Simon and Schuster

... so our customary practice of prayer was brought to mind: how through our ignorance and inexperience in the ways of love we spend so much time on petition. I saw that it is indeed more worthy of God and more truly pleasing to him that through his goodness we should pray with full confidence, and by his grace cling to him with real understanding and unshakeable love, than that we should go on making as many petitions as our souls are capable of.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Real, Ignorance

This is our Lord’s will, that our prayer and our trust be both alike large. For if we trust not as much as we pray, we do not full worship to our Lord in our prayer, and also we tarry and pain our self. The cause is, as I believe, that we know not truly that our Lord is Ground on whom our prayer springeth; and also that we know not that it is given us by the grace of His love. For if we knew this, it would make us to trust to have, of our Lord’s gift, all that we desire. For I am sure that no man asketh mercy and grace with true meaning, but if mercy and grace be first given to him.

Julian of Norwich
Prayer, Pain, Believe
Julian of Norwich, Grace Warrack (2017). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.95, Lulu.com

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