This is our Lord's will... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. _x000D_ God is the ground, the substance, _x000D_ the teaching, the teacher, _x000D_ the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True joy comes from recognizing the divine presence in all aspects of life.
This quote by Julian of Norwich emphasizes the idea that true fulfillment and joy come from recognizing God in all elements of existence. It suggests that God is not only the reason for our actions but also the ultimate prize and essence behind every pursuit, encouraging individuals to seek a deeper connection with the divine in everyday experiences.
Themes
JoyGodFulfillmentDivinePurpose
In practice
Example use cases
During a spiritual retreat, one might share this quote to illustrate the divine joy found in contemplation.
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Glad and merry and sweet is the blessed and lovely demeanour of our Lord towards our souls, for he saw us always living in love-longing, and he wants our souls to be gladly disposed toward him . . . by his grace he lifts up and will draw our outer disposition to our inward, and will make us all at unity with him, and each of us with others in the true, lasting joy which is Jesus.
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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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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.
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Where I say that He abideth sorrowfully and moaning, it meaneth all the true feeling that we have in our self, in contrition and compassion, and all sorrowing and moaning that we are not oned with our Lord. And all such that is speedful, it is Christ in us. And though some of us feel it seldom, it passeth never from Christ till what time He hath brought us out of all our woe. For love suffereth never to be without pity.
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