Whatever we might believe about the devotion she continues to enjoy, surely we can agree that she was a devoted follower of Jesus, and a faithful woman of God. She was also just a regular person, not divine in any special way, nor a demi-god of some kind, but a human, just like you and me.

This is inspired by the twenty-fifth chapter of Julian of Norwich's long text, Revelations of Divine Love.

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