Quote#God & Faith
Then said our good Lord Jesus Christ: Art thou well pleased that I…
Quote byJulian of Norwich · 1342–1500
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Chapter 22.
English (original)
Then said our good Lord Jesus Christ: Art thou well pleased that I suffered for thee? I said: Yea, good Lord, I thank Thee; Yea, good Lord, blessed mayst Thou be. Then said Jesus, our kind Lord: If thou art pleased, I am pleased: it is a joy, a bliss, an endless satisfying to me that ever suffered I Passion for thee; and if I might suffer more, I would suffer more.
— Julian of Norwich
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