Shrine of Julian, St. Julian’s Church, Norwich, England (photo by Carl McColman).

As someone who has long been interested in the Christian mysticism, I consider Julian of Norwich to be one of, if not simply the, greatest of western mystics.

I’m not alone in this assessment. Consider what Thomas Merton once wrote, in one of his legendary Cold War Letters:

Julian is without doubt one of the most wonderful of all Christian voices. She gets greater and greater in my eyes as I get older and whereas in the old days I used to be crazy about St…