Dame Julian of Norwich
b. c.1342
d. c.1417
Believed to be the first woman to write a book in the English language (see Norwich Cathedral’s website), Dame Julian authored Revelations of Divine Love after her experience at age 30 of having fifteen visions of the Passion when she suddenly recovered from a deadly illness.
Lesser Feasts and Fasts has a detailed descrption of her life, which ends: Lady Julian’s book is a tender and beautiful exposition of God’s eternal and all-embracing love, showing how his charity toward the human race is exhibited in the Passion. Again and again she referred to Christ as ‚Äúour courteous Lord.‚Äù Many have found strength in the words the Lord had given her: ‚ÄúI can make all things well; I will make all things well; I shall make all things well; and thou canst see for thyself that all manner of things shall be well.‚Äù
