"God is closer to us than our own soul, for he is the foundation on which our soul stands . . . For our soul sits in God in true rest . . . And therefore if we want to have knowledge of our soul, and communion and discourse with it, we must seek it in our Lord God in whom it is enclosed . . . We are enclosed in God’s rest and peace . . . We are enclosed in the Father, and we are enclosed in the Son, and we are enclosed in the Holy Spirit. And the Father is enclosed in us, the Son is enclosed in us, and the Holy Spirit is enclosed in us . . . For I saw surely [in a vision] that our substance is in God, and I also saw that God is in our sensuality, for in the same instant and place in which our soul is made sensual, in that same instant and place exists the city of God . . . This sight was sweet and wonderful to contemplate, peaceful and restful, secure and delectable.”
Dame Julian of Norwich
14th century England
Photo: Chokecherry leaves encased in ice; Lory State Park, CO; October 6, 2012
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