book excerpts | Julian of Norwich
The following is a series of social posts from Julian.
For some, I offer a little of my own commentary.
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The chapters are so small, I do not list the e-book pagination.
Revelations of Divine Love, Recorded by Julian Anchoress of Norwich, translated by George Washington Julian and Phoebe Anna Traquair.
I’m about halfway through the book, but I’ve read another translation before.
Because of my social media posts, it’s now become a common read I’m sharing with others who have downloaded the book.
11.30.22
“And therefore all-thing was set in order ere anything was made, as it should stand without end; and no manner of thing shall fail of that point. For He made all things in fulness of goodness, and therefore the blessed Trinity is ever full pleased in all His works.” – Julian of Norwich, Chapter 11
12.06.22
“it is God’s will that we hold us in comfort…
it is not God’s will that we follow the feelings of pain in sorrow and mourning for them, but that we suddenly pass over, and hold us in endless enjoyment.” – Julian of Norwich, Chapter 15
* I’m really not ready to “pass over” but I could sure use a “suddenly… hold us” at times
12.12.22
A lot of people are attempting to chose some form of heaven without Jesus; not Julian:
“And this hath ever been a comfort to me, that I chose Jesus to my Heaven, by His grace, in all this time of Passion and sorrow; and that hath been a learning to me that I should evermore do so: choose only Jesus to my Heaven in weal and woe.” – Julian of Norwich, Chapter 19
12.16.22
“I understood the pleasure of the Father; and for the bliss, the worship of the Son; and for the endless satisfying, the Holy Ghost…”
“thus willeth He that merrily with His grace our soul be occupied. For we are His bliss: for in us He enjoyeth without end…”
“Jesus willeth that we take heed to the bliss that is in the blessed Trinity [because] of our salvation and that we desire to have as much spiritual enjoying, with His grace, (as it is aforesaid): that is to say, that the enjoying of our salvation be [as] like to the joy that Christ hath of our salvation.” – Julian of Norwich, Chapter 23
12.21.22
I’m in a personal space right now that’s very uncomfortable. I just want to post angry Scriptures like the imprecatory Psalms, the Scriptures that vindicate and justify me…
but I’m also reading Julian of Norwich.
How can I remain angry when I am overwhelmed with grace upon grace Julian receives from deeply contemplating The Passion?
12.22.22
“In this naked word sin, our Lord brought to my mind, generally, all that is not good, and the shameful despite and the utter noughting that He bare for us in this life, and His dying…”
1) Sin necessarily heightens our awareness to the ugly truth of The Passion and our need for it. Not as an excuse to sin, but the process works to help purify us from the desire to sin.
“But I saw not sin: for I believe it hath no manner of substance nor no part of being, nor could it be known but by the pain it is cause of…”
2) In our Lord’s forgiveness, sin is no longer even seen… what is seen is the residue of pain such sins shall cause, yet He considers even the pain with mercy.
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