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 .
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[@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

[@I_do_rAndom1996]

this is my great grandfather i have met him a few times

[@dannydoj]

I think Father means the Lollard heresy of John Wycliffe et al, not the Bollandists, who were originally a society of Jesuit scholars dedicated to promoting the lives of the saints.

[@johannamills5135]

What?! That’s totally Good News 😊

[@CICMCB]

I love Julian of Norwich as well because of her conveying God’s love and that she was a woman whose writings were popularized centuries ago. By the way Baptism washes away original sin and Jesus said in Matthew 5:21 “I have not come to do away with the law….You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister[b][c] will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’[d] is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.” So Jesus believed in hell in fact he created it.

[@zenzero882]

I think he spoke lots of nonsenses about interpretation of Julian. For sure I’m tired to hear from men of the Church that the Church (to whom was promised infallibility) got wrong on hell. Here I cannot express all I would like to say on the topic.

[@zenzero882]

@@TomTimes5 if you have read the Gospel you should know it

[@josephfelix9301]

Jesus himself talked of Gehenna many times.

[@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.