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Julian of Norwich and the power of inspirational words in tough times

Woman's Hour

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The Room of One's Own

I found that passage so moving when I read it, although not half as beautifully as you have just read it. It seems like Julian is steadfast at that point, Sally Anne. Do you think? Absolutely. She had doubts. In Claire's book we have other passages where she really questions the decision that she's made. But I love that line which I've never felt so alive. So much space, just for me, and warm, a fire has been lit in the little fireplace, life in new death. Time and space and strength for the long, slow, interior journey, deep into God, God deep into me. The guide to anchorises said that they were allowed to have

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