FD of Julian of Norwich (d 1416), English mystic who spent much of her life as an anchoress, enclosed in a cell attached to her local parish. From her "room without a view" she composed her "Revelations," a striking window into the mystery of God's love.
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Her reflections were based on a series of visions she experienced while gazing on the crucifix in the midst of terrible illness. She saw that Christ's sufferings revealed the depth of Love for humanity and the impotence of evil. Though creation was no more than a hazlenut ...
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...in the hand of God, its value was measure by the price God was prepared to pay for it in blood. And in the end Christ's suffering became our joy with the realization that we are all "soul and body, clad and enclosed in the goodness of God."
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Her most famous line: "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." See: Veronica Rolf, "Julian's Gospel." orbisbooks.com/julians-gospel
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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