Are you a mystic?

Greetings!

Today we commemorate the life of Julian of Norwich, an anchoress whose earthly life spanned from about 1342 to 1423. Probably getting her name Julian because her cell adjoined the parish church of St. Julian at Conisford in Norwich, Julian received a series of visions following an illness at about the age of 30. She was “a person of great literary skill and profound learning, with a good knowledge of the Latin Bible and the great mystical writers of the Western spiritual tradition.” This quote is from the book, Christian Mystics by Ursula King, head of the department of theology and religious studies at the University of Bristol in England.

Ursula King explains that a mystic is a “a person who is deeply aware of the powerful presence of the divine Spirit: someone who seeks, above all, the knowledge and love of God, and who experiences to an extraordinary degree the profoundly personal encounter with the energy of divine life. Mystics often perceive the presence of God throughout the world of nature and in all that is alive, leading to a transfiguration of the ordinary all around them. However, the touch of God is most strongly felt deep within their own hearts.”

Wow! What if the whole world was full of mystics? Are you a mystic?

Blessings to you on this mystical day!

Br. Daniel-Joseph, CTG