![]() ![]() Here, critical and historical reflection are combined with direct spiritual guidance for the reader. ![]() Rolf moves on to navigate the key components of Julian's text in “Part Two: Exploring the Revelations of Divine Love.” She exhibits large chunks of her translation of Julian's revelations and draws out key themes for the reader. Rolf wants the prayerful reading of Julian's text to be vivified by Julian's historical reality. Rolf's desire is to guide the lay reader through Julian's world, which begins in “Part One: Getting to Know Julian of Norwich.” Rolf presents various aspects about Julian's context, including what it would mean to be an even christian, the likely family scenario in which Julian lived, details about the challenges of living during a plague (down to the three forms of plague and their symptoms), and even the dimensions and architecture of Julian's anchorite cell. ![]() The hope, faith, and courage that Julian evinces in her long and short text of “shewings” have been a source of strength for Rolf, who now seeks to make Julian available in this way to a wider audience. In our time of growing anxiety over political strife, war, natural disaster, and fragmenting societies, Veronica Mary Rolf sees a resonance with the spiritual challenges faced by Julian of Norwich, who lived through plague, papal schism, the Hundred Year's War, and peasant revolts. ![]()
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