Julian of Norwich Session 1, with Fr. William Meninger

This presentation by Fr. William Meninger explores the life of Julian of Norwich. This first of three sessions explores the history of the 14th century "era of mystics," and the situation that existed in the city of Norwich. Fr. William tells the story of Julian's life, and the 16 visions that she received from the Lord as contained in her book, “Revelations of Divine Love."
For the second session, go to • Julian of Norwich Sess... .
Fr. William gave this presentation in 2015 at St. Benedict's Monastery Retreat House in Snowmass, Colorado.
For Fr. William's talks on “The Cloud of Unknowing,” go to • The Cloud of Unknowing .
Presented by Contemplative Outreach, supporting Centering Prayer worldwide: www.contemplativeoutreach.org.

[@janemetcalfe1254]

Thank you for exploring Julian. She's always been a favourite of mine because of the extraordinary depth and lucidity of her writings about her experience, but also because she was a woman in a time when women were very much second-class citizens. Still, truth, authenticity, speaks louder than gender. Norwich, by the way, from the mouth of an English woman, is nowhere near being the largest city in the UK now. London holds that place by a long way. It's interesting to hear that it once was. Thank you. I am inspired to reread Julian again.

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

Lovely comment. As an American I feel I don’t know the correct pronunciation of “Norwich”. (You know those Americans-so crass in pronunciation!) Help?

[@susancarol6780]

Nor pronounced nar then wich as which. Hope that helps.

[@yargila]

thank you, excellent clear summary of Julians life. According to Wikipedia Norwich is now the 45th largest city in the United Kingdom. I recently enjoyed "I, Julian: The fictional autobiography of Julian of Norwich" by Claire Gilbert, a good way of entering imaginatively into her life. PS: I was a bit distracted by the pronunciation of Norwich- said by UK folk as NORRIDGE

[@johannamills5135]

What?! That’s totally Good News 😊

[@anthonycostello3457]

This was good, but once the reality of Hell came up, there was a lot of hemming, hawing, and evasion. Probably because he was intimidated by his audience.