Richard Rolle de Hampole Quotes

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Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without 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 thronged, nor by doom tempted.

Richard Rolle de Hampole

Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort.

Richard Rolle de Hampole

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

Richard Rolle de Hampole

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 de Hampole

When Adam dalfe and Eve spane
Go spire if thou may spede,
Where was than the pride of man
That now merres his mede?

Richard Rolle de Hampole

Richard Rolle de Hampole

Richard Rolle de Hampole

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Born: 1290

Died: 1349 (aged 59)

Bio: Richard Rolle was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, Yorkshire.

Known for:

The fire of love
Richard Rolle, the English Writings
Yorkshire Writers

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