Today is the feast day of Julian of Norwich. There's plenty we don't know about her, though tradition says she lived from about 1342-1416, in Norwich, England. She may have been a Benedictine nun, or an anchoress - a woman devoted to the solitary life, but anchored in the world, not cut off or separated from it. To learn more about her life and work, check out this site or this one.
One thing we do know about Julian, is that at about the age of 30, she reported having divine visions, which she later complied into a book: Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, a classic of medieval mysticism.
The visions declared that love is the meaning of religious experience, provided by Christ who is love, for the purpose of love. (Compare that with the second lesson for this Sunday, 1 John 15:1-8).
One of Julian's prayers will be included in our Prayer 101 anthology. It's one of my favorite "cover prayers":
One thing we do know about Julian, is that at about the age of 30, she reported having divine visions, which she later complied into a book: Sixteen Revelations of Divine Love, a classic of medieval mysticism.
The visions declared that love is the meaning of religious experience, provided by Christ who is love, for the purpose of love. (Compare that with the second lesson for this Sunday, 1 John 15:1-8).
One of Julian's prayers will be included in our Prayer 101 anthology. It's one of my favorite "cover prayers":
In you, Father all-mighty, we have our preservation and our bliss.
In you, Christ we have our restoring and our saving.
You are our mother, brother, and savior.
In you, our Lord the Holy Spirit, is marvelous and plenteous grace.
You are our clothing: for love you wrap us and embrace us.
You are our maker, our lover, our keeper.
Teach us to believe that by your grace all shall be well,
and all shall be well,
and all manner of things shall be well.
Amen
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