Revelations of Divine Love — Julian of Norwich

and before he came I had sett up my eien, and might not speak. He sett the crosse before my face, and said, “I have brought the image of our Saviour, looke thereupon and comfort thee therewith." Me thought I was well, for my eien were sett upright into heaven, where I trusted to come by the mercy of God. But neverthelesse I assented to sett my eien in the face of the crucifix, if I might, and so I did; for me thought I might longer dure to looke even forth than right up. After this my sight began to faile, it waxed as darke about me in the chamber as if it had bene night, save in the image of the crosse, wherein held a common light, and I wist not how; all that was besides the crosse was uglie and fearefull to me, as it had bene much occupied with fiendes. After this the over-parte of my bodie began to die, so farre forth that unneath I had any feeling; my most paine was shortnes of breath, and failing of life. Then went [weened] I verlie to have passed, and in this case sodenlie all my paine was taken from me, and I was as whole, and namely in the overpart of my bodie, as ever I was before. I marvailed of this sodame change: for me thought that it was a privie working of God, and not of kind. 8

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And yet by feeling of this ease, I trusted never the more to have lived; ne the feeling of this ease was no full ease unto me: for me thought I had rather have bene delivered of this world, for my heart was wilfullie sett thereto. —— Then came sodeinlie to my minde, that I should desire the seconde wound of our Lords gift, and of his grace, that my bodie might be fulfilled with mind and feeling of his blessed passion, as I had before praied. For I would that his paines were my paines with compassion, and afterwards longing to God. Thus thought me, that I might with his grace have the wounds that I had before desired. But in this I desired never no bodilie sight; ne no manner shewing of God, but compassion, as me thought that a kind soule might have with our Lord Jesu, that for love would become a deadlie man with him. I desired to suffer living in my deadlie bodie, as God would give me grace.

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ND in this, sodeinlie I saw the red blood A running down from under the garland, hott and freshly, plenteouslie and livelie, right as it was in the time that the garland of thornes was pressed on his blessed head, right so both God and man the same that suffered for me. I conceaved trulie and mightilie that it was himself that shewed it me without any meane. And in the same shewing, sodeinlie the Trinitie. fulfilled my heart most of joy: and so I understood it shall be in heaven without end to all that shall come there. For the Trinitie is God. God is the Trinitie, the Trinitie is our Maker, the Trinitie is our Keeper, the Trinitie is our everlasting Lover, the Trinitie is our endles joy and our blisse, by our Lord Jesu Christ, and in our Lord Jesu Christ: and this was shewed in the first sight, and in all. For when Jesu appeareth, the blessed Trinity is understood as unto my sight. 10

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