{"id":16048,"date":"2017-10-02T07:57:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=16048"},"modified":"2017-10-02T08:05:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T12:05:18","slug":"julian-of-norwich-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/co2mannatoday.com\/?p=16048","title":{"rendered":"Julian of Norwich, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/da64vJ5mGto\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Julian of Norwich, Part II  (Richard Rohr)<\/p>\n<p>The place which Jesus takes in our soul he will nevermore vacate, for in us is his home of homes, and it is the greatest delight for him to dwell there. . . . And the soul who thus contemplates is made like [the one] who is contemplated. \u2014Julian of Norwich [1]<br \/>\nOn that day, you will know that you are in me and I am in you. \u2014John 14:20<br \/>\n\u201cThat day\u201d John refers to has been a long time in coming, yet it has been the enduring message of every great religion in history. It is the Perennial Tradition. Divine and thus universal union is still the core message and promise\u2014the whole goal and the entire point of all religion.<br \/>\nLady Julian of Norwich uses the idea of \u201coneing\u201d to describe divine union. She writes:<br \/>\nThe soul is preciously knitted to him in its making, by a knot so subtle and so mighty that it is oned into God. In this oneing, it is made endlessly holy. Furthermore, he wants us to know that all the souls which are one day to be saved in heaven without end are knit in this same knot and oned in this oneing, and made holy in this one identical holiness. [2]<br \/>\nJulian says, \u201cBy myself I am nothing at all, but in general, I am in the oneing of love. For it is in this oneing that the life of all people exists.\u201d [3] She continues: \u201cThe love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person\u201d [4], and \u201cIn the sight of God all humans are oned, and one person is all people.\u201d [5]<br \/>\nThis is not some 21st century leap forward in theology. This is not pantheism or mere \u201cNew Age\u201d optimism. This is the whole point and always has been. It was, indeed, supposed to usher in a new age\u2014and it still can and will. Radical union is the recurring experience of the saints and mystics of all religions. Our job is not to first discover it, but only to retrieve what has been re-discovered\u2014and enjoyed, again and again\u2014by those who desire and seek God and love. When you think you have \u201cdiscovered\u201d it, you will be just like Jacob \u201cwhen he awoke from his sleep\u201d and shouted, \u201cYou were here all the time, and I never knew it!\u201d (Genesis 28:16).<\/p>\n<p>Gateway to Silence:<br \/>\nWe are all one with You.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Place of Humiliation<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Oswald Chambers<\/p>\n<p>If You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us. \u2014Mark 9:22<br \/>\nAfter every time of exaltation, we are brought down with a sudden rush into things as they really are, where it is neither beautiful, poetic, nor thrilling. The height of the mountaintop is measured by the dismal drudgery of the valley, but it is in the valley that we have to live for the glory of God. We see His glory on the mountain, but we never live for His glory there. It is in the place of humiliation that we find our true worth to God\u2014 that is where our faithfulness is revealed. Most of us can do things if we are always at some heroic level of intensity, simply because of the natural selfishness of our own hearts. But God wants us to be at the drab everyday level, where we live in the valley according to our personal relationship with Him. Peter thought it would be a wonderful thing for them to remain on the mountain, but Jesus Christ took the disciples down from the mountain and into the valley, where the true meaning of the vision was explained (see Mark 9:5-6, Mark 9:14-23).<br \/>\n\u201cIf you can do anything\u2026.\u201d It takes the valley of humiliation to remove the skepticism from us. Look back at your own experience and you will find that until you learned who Jesus really was, you were a skillful skeptic about His power. When you were on the mountaintop you could believe anything, but what about when you were faced with the facts of the valley? You may be able to give a testimony regarding your sanctification, but what about the thing that is a humiliation to you right now? The last time you were on the mountain with God, you saw that all the power in heaven and on earth belonged to Jesus\u2014 will you be skeptical now, simply because you are in the valley of humiliation?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PJWzEDj3qIM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Julian of Norwich, Part II (Richard Rohr) The place which Jesus takes in our soul he will nevermore vacate, for in us is his home of homes, and it is the greatest delight for him to dwell there. . . . And the soul who thus contemplates is made like [the one] who is contemplated. 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