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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses the profound and incomprehensible nature of God's love for humanity.
Julian of Norwich emphasizes that the love God has for each individual is so deep and precious that it surpasses human understanding. This highlights the divine nature of love, suggesting that it is both a source of comfort and a mystery that transcends our usual perceptions of affection and care.
Themes
GodLoveSpiritualFaithDivine
In practice
Example use cases
A speaker at a religious gathering could use this quote to illustrate God's unconditional love.
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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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