Mother Julian
Today with Julian – January 3rd
The mother may give her child suck of her milk,
but our precious Mother, Jesus, He may feed us with Himself,
and doeth it, full courteously and full tenderly,
with the Blessed Sacrament that is precious food of my life;
and with all the sweet Sacraments
He sustaineth us full mercifully and graciously.
And so meant He in this blessed word where that He said:
It is I that Holy Church preacheth thee and teacheth thee.
That is to say: All the health and life of Sacraments,
all the virtue and grace of my Word,
all the Goodness that is ordained in Holy Church for thee,
it is I.
The Mother may lay the child tenderly to her breast,
but our tender Mother, Jesus,
He may homely lead us into His blessed breast,
by His sweet open side,
and shew therein part of the Godhead and the joys of Heaven,
with spiritual sureness of endless bliss.
And that shewed He in the Tenth [Shewing],
giving the same understanding in this sweet word where He saith:
Lo! how I loved thee; looking unto [the Wound in] His side, rejoicing.
(Julian, Chapter LX)
When a mother gives her child the sustenance of her mother’s milk, when she holds the child tenderly in her bosom, she is like Christ, who feeds us with His blessed Self, and clasps us to his tender breast. How can it be that all shall not be well?
