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A fifteenth-century roof boss in Norwich Cathedral depicts a woman holding open the door to a small room, as Julian of Norwich invites us into her cell to share her Revelations of Divine Love. Sheila Upjohn shows us how to accept that invitation in this Lenten guide, as she explores Julian’s book alongside passages from Scripture. She reveals how Julian’s fresh perspectives on sin and judgement, anger and forgiveness, the Incarnation and the crucifixion – once thought so controversial that her book was kept hidden for centuries – can challenge and enlighten us, six hundred years later, in a world so badly in need of the assurance of God’s unconditional love.

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‘And because of our good Lord’s tender love to all those who shall be saved, he quickly comforts them, saying: “The cause of all this pain is sin. But all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”’ All Shall Be Well presents – in a series of short passages suitable for daily reading and meditation – Sheila Upjohn’s acclaimed modern translations of fourteenth-century anchoress Julian of Norwich’s The Revelations of Divine Love. The Pocket Library of Spiritual Wisdom comprises some of the very best Christian writing published by Darton, Longman and Todd since its foundation in 1959.

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'I have come to realise that during all the years I thought I was in search of Julian of Norwich, she has been in search of me and all her fellow Christians. It is a joy to look round today and see how many of us she has found.' ~ Few people, even in Norwich, knew anything about Julian when her 600th anniversary was celebrated in 1973. Among them was Sheila Upjohn, in spite of having lived in Norwich most of her life and studying mediaeval literature at university. So she set out to find the reason Julian's book had been hidden for centuries, and why it is so startlingly relevant today. In Search of Julian of Norwich reads like a spiritual detective story as Sheila uncovers clues in Julian's city, her century, and above all in a perceptive analysis of the major themes of The Revelations of Divine Love. Whether you are a seasoned traveller or just setting out, this new edition of In Search of Julian of Norwich, published to mark Julian’s 650th anniversary, is essential reading, with new information and insights that have matured over half a century.

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