Home / Authors / Julian of Norwich

Julian of Norwich Quotes

Author

Julian of Norwich was a 14th-century English mystic, writer, and prophet. Her life and works are significant in the fields of Christian mysticism and female religious writing.

Filter quotes by topic

All Lord Life Soul Our Lord Prayer Goodness Grace Made Wells All Things Ifs Joy God Love Knows Saws Sin Done Ends Giving Jesus

Famous Julian of Norwich Quotes

“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.”

Knows May Pain Joy Mother Jesus Christ Love Is Dying Bears Jesus Christ Blessed Endless Bores

Book:Daily Readings with Julian of Norwich

Source: Daily Readings with Julian of Norwich

“He [Jesus] did not say, 'You will never have a rough passage, you will never be over-strained, you will never feel uncomfortable,' but he did say, 'You will never be overcome.”

Feels Jesus Overcoming Uncomfortable Rough Passages

Author:Julian of Norwich

“But Jesus, who in this Vision informed me of all that is necessary for me, answered and said: It was necessary that there should be sin; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”

Should Wells Said Jesus Sin Vision

Author:Julian of Norwich

“The Enemy is overcome by the blessed Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Passion Jesus Christ Lord Enemy Jesus Christ Overcoming Blessed Our Lord Lord Jesus Christ Our Lord Jesus Christ

Book:Collected Works

Source: Collected Works

“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.”

Want Soul Joy Jesus Lord Saws Grace Sweet Draws Blessed Longing Unity Glad Lovely Lifts Lasting Inward Disposition Our Lord Merry

Author:Julian of Norwich

“Lord Jesus, I have heard you say: 'Sin is necessary but all will be well, and all will be well, and every kind of thing will be well'.”

Wells Kind Jesus Sin Lord Heard

Author:Julian of Norwich

About the Author

Born: November 8, 1342
Died: 1416
Known for: Author
Quotes: 95

Books & Sources

The Showings of Divine LoveRelated source material

Revelations of divine loveRelated source material

Collected WorksRelated source material

SHOWING OF LOVERelated source material

ShowingsRelated source material

The Collected Works of Julian of NorwichRelated source material

Daily Readings with Julian of NorwichRelated source material

Showings. Translated from the Critical Text with an Introduction by Edmund Colledge, O.S.A. and James Walsh, S.J. Preface by Jean Leclercq, O.S.B.Related source material

Similar Authors

Ignatius of LoyolaBrowse related quotes
Charles SpurgeonBrowse related quotes
Teresa of AvilaBrowse related quotes
Oswald ChambersBrowse related quotes
J. C. RyleBrowse related quotes
Meister EckhartBrowse related quotes
Alphonsus LiguoriBrowse related quotes
Alexander WhyteBrowse related quotes
Ole HallesbyBrowse related quotes
Samuel RutherfordBrowse related quotes