Today is the Feast Day of Julian of Norwich. I first became familiar with her when my new-to-me parish priest quoted her, and I found that it was eerily similar to my own mantra, “It’ll be okay.”
All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing be well.
She was an anchoress and mystic, locked in a cell for prayer and contemplation. Her writings are the earliest surviving works in English and attributed to a woman.
Two years before I learned of her, Pope Benedict XVI spoke of her in his General Audience in Paul VI Hall on the 1st of December, 2010. It can be read here.
You can also visit her shrine in Norwich, England.
In Our Time – Julian of Norwich from the BBC:
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 