Richard Rolle Quotes

• Thy love is Singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ, and thou dost find joy and comfort in no other thing.

  Richard Rolle

  Jesus, Love Is, Joy

  "Selected Works of Richard Rolle: Hermit".

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• The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our heart; that is, in all our understanding without erring. In all our soul; that is, in all our will without gainsaying. In all our their ought; that is, that we think on Him without forgetting. In this manner is very love and true, that is work of man's will. For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.

  Richard Rolle

  Jesus, Heart, Love Is

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• For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.

  Richard Rolle

  Jesus, Love Is, Perfection

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• Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love withouten measure; desire withouten limit; longing withouten order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor by dread distressed, nor by doom tempted.

  Richard Rolle

  Love, Order, Giving

  "The Fire of Love".

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• O good Jesu Thou has bound my heart in the thought of Thy Name, and now I can not but sing it; therefore have mercy upon me, making perfect that Thou hast ordained.

  Richard Rolle

  Heart, Names, Perfect

  Richard Rolle (of Hampole) (1920). “The Fire of Love”

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• It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

  Richard Rolle

  Wise, May, God Love

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• The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought.

  Richard Rolle

  Heart, Soul, Lord

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