Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich

it: for our courteous Lord shewed his passion to me in five manners; Of which the frst is, the bleeding of the head; the second, discolouring of his blessed face; the third is, the plentuous bleeding of the body in seeming of scourging ;. the fourth is, the deep drying; these four, as it is before said, for the pains of the passion. And the jifth is, that was shewed for the joy and the bliss of the passion ; for it is Gods will that we have true liking with him in our salvation. And therein he will, that we be mightily comforted and strengthened. And thus will hee merrily, with his grace, that our soul be occupied ; for we be his bliss, for in us he liketh without end, and so shall we in him with his grace. All that he doth for us and hath done, and ever shall, was never cost, ne charge to him, ne might be; but only that he died in our manhead, beginning at the sweet incarnation, and lasting to the blessed uprising on Easter morrow: so long dured the cost and charge about our redemption in deed: in which deed he ever joyeth endlesly, as it is before said. And Jesu wills we take heed to this bliss, that is in the blissedful Trinity of our salvation; and that we desire to have as much ghostly liking with his grace, as it is before said; that is to say, that the liking of our salvation be like to the joy that Christ hath of our salvation, as it may be while we be here. All the Trinity wrought in the M

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passion of Christ, ministering abundance of vertue and plenty of grace to us by him, but only the maidens son suffered, whereof all the blessed Trinity enjoyeth. And this was shewed in this word, * Art thou well apaid?’ By that other word Christ said, as if he had said, * [t is joy and liking enough to me, and I ask not

‘If thou art well apaid, I am well apaid ;

else of thee of my travel, but that I might appay thee. And in this he brought to my mind the property of a glad Giver; ever a glad Giver taketh but litle heed at the thing that he giveth, but all his desire, and all his intent is, to please him, and solace him to whom he giveth it. And if the receiver take the gift gladly and thankfully, than the courteous Giver setteth at naught all his cost, and all his travel, for joy and delight he hath; for he hath pleased and solaced him that he loved. Plentuously and fully was this shewed. Think as wisely of the greatness of this word, Ever. For in that was shewed an high knowing of love that he hath in our salvation, with manifold joys that followen of the passion of Christ. One is, that he joyeth that he hath done it in deed, and he shall no more suffer: that other is, that he hath therewith bought us from endless pains of hell: an other is, that he brought us up into heaven, and made us for to be | his erown, and his endless bliss.

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ITH a good chear our good Lord looked into : his side, and beheld with joy; and with his | sweet looking, he led forth the understanding of ] his ereature by the same wound into his side within. | And there he shewed a fair and delectable place, and large enough for all mankind that shall be 1 saved, and rest in peace and in love : and therewith i he brought to mind his dear worthy blood, and his j precious water which he let pour out for love. And : with the sweet beholding he shewed his blessed | heart cloven in two; and with his enjoying he | shewed to my understanding in part the blessedful : Godhead, as far forth as he would at that time 4 strengthen the poor soul for to understand, as it | may be said; that is to mean, the endless love that was without beginning, and is, and shall be ever. And with this our good Lord said well blessedfully, 4 ‘Loe, how I love thee ; as if he had said, * My darling, behold ard see thy Lord thy G4 that es thy eater. and

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