This is our Lord's will... that our prayer and our trust be, alike, large.
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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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the incomprehensible and boundless love that God has for humanity.
Julian of Norwich highlights the idea that the love of God for His creations is so profound and extensive that it surpasses human understanding. She emphasizes the role of divine grace in enabling individuals to appreciate and experience this love, suggesting that spiritual contemplation allows a glimpse into the immense tenderness and sweetness of God's affection towards humanity.
Themes
LoveGodSpiritualityGraceContemplation
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a sermon to emphasize God's love during a church service.
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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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