>Today, 13 May, is the feast of ...
>Julian of Norwich, visionary (1423) - At the beginning of
>her book, Julian states that before she received what she
>calls the 'shewings', she had desired three gifts from God
>- that he would grant her a greater realization of Christ's
>sufferings, that he would send her a severe illness which
>would bring her to death's door and detach her from earthly
>things, and that he would give her the three wounds of
>'contrition', of 'kind compassion', and of 'willful longing
>towards God'.
Following up my previous post, both the American episcopal BCP and the C of E
ASB '80 list Julian's f.d. as may 8, as I noted. Is there an alternative f.d.
as well? Also, the Penguin Dictionary of Saints does not list her. Is she a
canonized saint in some denomination?
Steve Cartwright
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