JULIAN OF NORWICH, MYSTIC - 13 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 13th of May

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MOTHER JULIAN OF NORWICH, MYSTIC

We know very little for certain about Mother Julian of Norwich beyond what she herself tells us in her well-known book, “Revelations of Divine Love”, from which this meditation was taken. She became a nun – very probably a Benedictine – in her late teens in about 1360. Some thirteen years later she fell seriously ill. 

HER GAZE BECAME RIVETED ON A CRUCIFIX

As she lay dying, her gaze became riveted on a crucifix which stood at the end of her bed. It was then that she experienced several hours of extraordinary lucidity and received “shewings”, followed by a very vivid temptation of the Devil. 

She immediately recovered from her sickness. An hour or two later she received the final vision described in the “Revelations”: the indwelling of the Trinity in every human spirit at one with Christ.

THE INDWELLING OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY IN EVERY HUMAN SPIRIT AT ONE WITH CHRIST

This is a piece by Mother Julian - Meditation on our Lord Jesus Christ:

I am he that is highest

I am he whom you love

I am he whom you like

I am he whom you serve

I am he for whom you have longed

I am he whom you desire

I am all that you can mean

I am all that is all

I am he that Holy Church teaches and preaches

I am he that has shown himself here to you.

Mother Julian of Norwich, XII Revelation, Chapter 26