What an act of faith and confidence in the Holy Spirit to say that the Holy Church is never broken. Though this is before the Reformation, there’s never been a shortage of division among Christians; there’s that bit even in 1st Corinthians about saying “I belong to Apollos, I belong to Peter, I belong to Paul!” It seems that Julian is saying that no matter what things look like from our perspective – as she’s reminded us many times! – it doesn’t mean that the whole thing is as fractured as our eyes tell us. The Holy Church, which Julian understands as the presence of God in the world and in our hearts, is always strong enough to carry our doubt, always tough enough to withstand our uncertainty, always ready to hold us as we seek rest.
This is inspired by the sixty-first chapter of Julian of Norwich's long text, Revelations of Divine Love.
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