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JULIAN OF NORWICH, MYSTIC - 13 MAY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY Saints celebrated on the 13th of May WELCOME! 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 CH...