Julian of Norwich Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy

• 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

• The fullness of Joy is to behold God in everything.

  Julian of Norwich

  Inspirational, Positive, Joy

  Julian of Norwich (2013). “SHOWING OF LOVE”, p.78, Lulu.com

• The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything.
  God is the ground, the substance,
  the teaching, the teacher,
  the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.

  Julian of Norwich

  Teacher, Teaching, Joy

• I was wholly at peace, at ease and at rest, so that there was nothing upon earth which could have afflicted me. This lasted for a time, and then I was changed ... I felt there was no ease or comfort for me except faith, hope and love, and truly I felt very little of this. And then presently God gave me again comfort and rest for my soul ... And then again I felt the pain, and then afterwards the delight and joy, now the one and now the other, again and again, I suppose about twenty times.

  Julian of Norwich

  Pain, Grieving, Joy

• As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love, bears us into joy and endless living. Blessed may he be.

  Julian of Norwich

  Mother, Jesus, Pain

  Julian of Norwich (1985). “Daily Readings with Julian of Norwich”, Templegate Pub

• ... our natural Will is to have God, and the Good Will of God is to have us; and we may never cease from willing nor from longing till we have Him in fullness of joy: and then may we no more desire.

  Julian of Norwich

  Joy, Desire, May

  Julian of Norwich (2013). “The Showings of Divine Love”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

• A great thing shall I make hereof in Heaven of endless worship and everlasting joys.

  Julian of Norwich

  Joy, Heaven, Worship

  Julian of Norwich, Wyatt North (2014). “Revelations of Divine Love”, p.31, Wyatt North Publishing, LLC

• 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.

  Julian of Norwich

  Sweet, Jesus, Blessed

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