Julian of Norwich
Author of Revelations of Divine Love
About the Author
Little is known about this mystic writer who took up residence in St. Julian's Church, Norwich, England. The Showings are her meditations on her mystical experiences of May 8, 1373. Influenced by Neo-Platonism, she sees evil as less real than good. She focuses on the love of God and the care of show more Christ as mother for those who are devoted to him. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Julian of Norwich
The Writings Of Julian Of Norwich: A Vision Showed To A Devout Woman And A Revelation Of Love (Brepols Medieval Women) (2006) 52 copies
I Promise You a Crown: A 40-Day Journey in the Company of Julian of Norwich (Rekindling the Inner Fire) (1995) 36 copies
Encounter With God's Love: Selected Writings of Julian of Norwich (Upper Room Spiritual Classics. Series 2) (1998) 34 copies
All Shall Be Well: Daily Readings from Julian of Norwich : Revelations of Divine Love (1992) 26 copies
Praying With Julian of Norwich: Selections from "a Revelation of Love" With Commentary by Ritamary Bradley (1995) 11 copies
Julian of Norwich: Selections from Revelations of Divine Love - Annotated & Explained (SkyLight Illuminations) (2013) 10 copies
CCEL Classics CD: works by Saint Augustine, John Calvin, John Donne, Julian of Norwich, Brother Lawrence, Martin… (2006) — Author — 10 copies
Stations of the Cross : a devotion using the Revelations of Divine Love of Julian of Norwich 8 copies
A Lesson of Love 7 copies
Selections From Revelations of Divine Love (Living Selections from the Great Devotional Classics) (1959) 7 copies
Writings of Julian of Norwich (Upper Room Spiritual Classics) (Upper Room Spritual Classics) (2017) 4 copies
In Love Enclosed (Enfolded in Love) 3 copies
Julian of Norwich's Revelations of divine love : the shorter version ed. from B. L. Add. MS 37790 (1978) 3 copies
Praying with Julian of Norwich (Companions for the Journey) by Gloria Durka (1-Apr-1989) Paperback (1600) 2 copies
Razodetja Božje ljubezni 1 copy
Showing of Love Westminster Manuscript: Edited, translated, printed [by] Julia Bolton Holloway 1 copy
All Will Be Wel 1 copy
Als de liefde alles wordt: Julian of Norwich. Een nieuwe vertaling door dr. Gerda Valkenborgh: Julian of Norwich. Een… (2019) 1 copy
A song of our true nature 1 copy
Meditations on the litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus culled from the writings of Juliana of Norwich, (1920) 1 copy
The Shewing of God's Love 1 copy
Associated Works
Luminous Vision: Six Medieval Mystics and Their Teachings (1982) — Contributor, some editions — 20 copies
Parabola: Myth, Tradition, and the Search for Meaning, Vol. 28, No. 1: Compassion (2003) — Contributor — 10 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1342-11-08
- Date of death
- 1416 (circa)
- Gender
- female
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- England
- Place of death
- Norwich, Norfolk, England
- Places of residence
- Norwich, England
- Occupations
- mystic
writer - Short biography
- Julian or Juliana of Norwich was an anchoress (female hermit) whose name was derived from the Church of St Julian in Norwich, England, where she lived in a small cell attached to the church and dedicated her life to prayer. She recorded her religious visions in a work published in about 1393 called Revelations of Divine Love. Her line, "All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well," is one of the most famous phrases in medieval literature.
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Two of my favorite excerpts:
“…it is the natural yearning of the soul touched by the Holy Ghost to say, ‘God, of your goodness, give me yourself; you are enough for me, and anything less that I could ask for would not do you full honour. And if I ask anything that is less, I shall always lack something, but in you alone I have everything.’”
“…for the goodness of God is the highest object of prayer and it reaches down to our lowest need. It quickens our soul and gives it life, and makes it grow in grace and virtue… it is the same grace which the soul seeks and always will seek until we truly know him who has enclosed us in himself; for he does not despise what he has made, nor does he disdain to serve us…through love of the soul which he has made in his own likeness; 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 chest, so are we, soul and body, clad in the goodness of God and enclosed in it…”… (more)