We have finally reached the last episode in the series on Julian of Norwich's fourteenth-century masterpiece, Revelations of Divine Love! Here, Grace discusses the stunningly beautiful ending and Julian's idea of living as penance.

Julian of Norwich, medieval contemplative writer, writes about Jesus as our Mother. We will think together about how that comparison helps us to understand the nature of Christ. This section is Grace's favorite part of Julian of Norwich's writings! This is the penultimate episode of an eight-week series on the fourteenth-century anchorite, Julian of Norwich, and her insightful, profound work on the character of God and ourselves.

Welcome to a particularly challenging week of reading Julian together! Grace tackles Julian of Norwich's difficult showing of the Lord and Servant, part of her visions that she had meditated on for over twenty years. In this showing, Julian considers the Fall, sin, God's love, the Incarnation, time... are those enough things to consider? This episode is the sixth of an eight-episode series on this amazing medieval contemplative writer.

This week, Grace discusses chapters 41-50 of Julian of Norwich’s incredible contemplative work, often entitled “Revelations of Divine Love.” This is the fifth episode of an eight-episode series on this 14th century mystical writer and thinker. Some hot topics for this week: prayer and God's character. Enjoy!

Grace reads chapters 27-40 of Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love. These chapters include Julian's famous quote, "All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well." But surprise! We often cut the first part of that quote out, which is about sin. In fact, this whole section of Julian's writing raises a lot of interesting questions about that tricky topic, which we explore together.

This is the third of eight episodes meditating on Julian of Norwich's contemplative, theological masterpiece, often entitled Revelations of Divine Love or The Showings. Grace thinks through the tricky topic of Julian's interest in suffering and God's care for us.

This is the second of eight episodes meditating on Julian of Norwich's contemplative, theological masterpiece, often entitled Revelations of Divine Love or The Showings. In this episode, Grace thinks through the common themes and important moments in chapters 10-14. Check out the blog at oldbookwithgrace.com if you wish to see the text version.

We may not be literal medieval anchorites or undergoing visionary experiences, but Julian of Norwich, walled into her church and interpreting often complex visions, speaks to us today in surprisingly relevant and beautiful ways about who we are and who God is. This is the first of eight episodes meditating on Julian of Norwich’s contemplative, theological masterpiece, often entitled Revelations of Divine Love or The Showings. This episode considers the common threads that draw together the different visions of chapters 1-9. Check out the blog at oldbookswithgrace.com if you want to read the text of the podcast or find details on the translation.