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“He wanted her to be good, to perform acts of service, come to mass, believe on Jesus, and not make his burden for her salvation too heavy. Between them was an unspoken agreement. He would do his duty, and she would do hers. For many years, this silent understanding between Julian and her priest had been unsatisfying. She craved more: a better understanding of God and God's will. But she had long known not to ask her many questions to her priest. She knew that he certainly would wish to hear nothing of her visions.”
― Julian of Norwich: A Contemplative Biography
― Julian of Norwich: A Contemplative Biography
“My thoughts gravitate to whatever’s missing, whatever’s lost or broken or painful. My heart worries and fears. There is plenty to be thankful for but those are not the scenes I stay stuck in.”
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
“Your God would never punish you for being a human being: this life itself is your penance...But it is also more than that: it is a crucible for transformation. Each trial, every loss, is an opportunity for you to meet suffering with love and make of it an offering, a prayer. The minute you lift your pain like a candle the darkness vanishes, and mercy comes rushing in to heal you.”
― The Showings of Julian of Norwich
― The Showings of Julian of Norwich
“Live with grace and dignity. It's a middle finger to the darkness”
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
― If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For
“For as the body is clad in the cloth, and the flesh in the skin, and the bones in the flesh, and the heart in the whole, so are we, soul and body, clad in the Goodness of God, and enclosed. Yea, and more homely: for all these may waste and wear away, but the Goodness of God is ever whole; and more near to us, without any likeness; for truly our Lover desireth that our soul cleave to Him with all its might, and that we be evermore cleaving to His Goodness. For of all things that heart may think, this pleaseth most God, and soonest speedeth [the soul].”
― Revelations of Divine Love
― Revelations of Divine Love
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