Read this when
Revelations of Divine Love
When you need someone to tell you it's going to be okay: a woman who survived near-death in the plague years said it best. 'All shall be well.' 🌰
Who it's for
Julian, gravely ill at thirty and expected to die, receives a series of visions and then spends decades thinking about them, so her comfort comes from someone who has faced death and plague-era suffering, not from easy optimism.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Julian of Norwich, an English anchoress, wrote this Christian mystical work about a series of visions, or 'showings', she received in 1373 when she was about thirty and seriously ill, believing she was dying. She wrote a Short Text soon after she recovered, then spent decades expanding it into an 87-chapter Long Text.
Where to find it
Public domain in older translations: Grace Warrack's 1901 modernization is free on Project Gutenberg. Elizabeth Spearing's Penguin Classics translation (Short and Long Texts) is in print and in librar.
Before you start
Heads up: Vivid descriptions of the crucifixion.
Age: Ages 12+
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Matthew 5:4, Matthew 5:4
