"Revelations of Divine Love" is the greatest work of spirituality ever written in English.
When its author, Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), was 30 years old, she received a series of sixteen visions of the Passion of Christ. She spent the next twenty years in meditation on them and in deep study of the theological vistas which they opened up. "
Revelations of Divine Love" is the result. It presents the visions in all their physical detail; it contemplates the joy of the Passion and redemption from sin, the hidden depths of the Incarnation and the Motherhood of Christ. While reaching to the heights of heaven it keeps its feet firmly on the ground. It speaks with simplicity and directness, and it is ideal material for reading as a daily meditation.
This edition is an updating of Grace Warrack’s renowned adaptation of 1901. It preserves Julian’s language while replacing obsolete words and constructions. This makes it possible for Julian’s actual voice to be heard, while still making her more comprehensible to the modern reader.
