tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post3163581449499386804..comments2023-08-10T09:38:07.159+01:00Comments on Revising Reform: MysticismRev R Marszalekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-9234016309038165312012-03-11T05:26:32.806+00:002012-03-11T05:26:32.806+00:00ps- have you happened to read Denys Turner's b...ps- have you happened to read Denys Turner's book, "Julian of Norwich, Theologian"? it's outstanding.Bravohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001388410006808795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-75839307498063217022012-03-11T05:24:29.366+00:002012-03-11T05:24:29.366+00:00Great post!
What I find most moving about Julian ...Great post!<br /><br />What I find most moving about Julian is that her hope comes in the face of the most powerful understanding of sin and suffering. "All shall be well" is now the stuff of cute decorations and small inspirational quote books. But it came from the mouth of a woman who prayed to share in the suffering of Christ, contracted the plague, and said, "Understanding all this, I thought it was impossible that all things should be well, as our Lord showed in this time." We like Julian because she talks about God's love, hazelnuts, and says edgy things like God the mother. But it doesn't come from a cheap place; it comes by way of the cross and passion. <br /><br />And she had her mystical "shewings," but they weren't exactly private and ineffable as we sometimes imagine mystical experiences to be. She spent the rest of her life, revising and expanding her first account, laboring to articulate and unpack her experiences to the Church (for the Church). <br /><br />I joined a Christian post-graduate service program called the Julian Year, where we work at church charities and live in community. If we're not entirely faithful to Julian's anchoritic ethos (we get out a little more than she did) we still take inspiration from her. I'm moved by the vigor with which communicates her experiences of God relevantly within the Church's ministry.Bravohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10001388410006808795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-51375396392579902282012-02-15T20:43:40.724+00:002012-02-15T20:43:40.724+00:00Thank you Mick. You are blessed indeed. Julian'...Thank you Mick. You are blessed indeed. Julian's writings are proving very interesting. It must have been a very difficult life for her as well. There is much misunderstanding about spiritual gifts both inside and outside the church, Julian of Norwich was misunderstood in her day. Mystical experiences still fail to fit into psychological frameworks but then the scriptures do tell us a lot that what seems foolish to the world is, of course, really the wisdom of God. Thank you for your contribution.Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343277549128598933.post-19033483988184067352012-02-14T22:29:27.008+00:002012-02-14T22:29:27.008+00:00Hi Rachel..... Mick Rose here....I'm very fort...Hi Rachel..... Mick Rose here....I'm very fortunate having a visionary gift from the Lord ... Helps me come close to them .... I was interested in you article ... especially ''Rest'' .... Having found the secret of resting in prayer ....sitting around with members of the Trinity ....has become my active contemplation ... and has simply helped me ''come close to God' and ''He will come close to you'' ....I pray you will find Truth in Julian's writtings .... Seek and you will find<br />God Bless <br />MickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com