Saturday as we wait for the coming of the Spirit

     An Easter antiphon on Psalm 87

                    All my fresh springs 
                        are in you, hallelujah. 

I'm celebrating Dame Julian of Norwich today.

Her feast is tomorrow because she was really im-

portant in my life.  

The Lady Julian was a 14th cen-tury English anchoress who lived in a room or anchorhold attached to the church in Norwich, With one window into the church, and the other onto the town square, she was far from solitary although 

she lived alone (with her cat.) 

 She lived at at the time of the Black Death, and yet spoke of God with intimacy and certitude, tenderness and compassion. She knew that "in giving us you self you give us all.” Collect