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Light in Deepest Night – A Lenten Meditation Based on the Writings of Julian of Norwich
April 4, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for a very special evening on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:00PM in the New Chapel.
Light in Deepest Night is a Lenten journey using the mystical writings of Julian of Norwich (1342-c. 1416). This worship experience draws on Julian’s reflections on life, love, and light. This work includes anthems, hymns, and short meditations. Julian was an English mystic and anchoress. At thirty years old, at the end of a grave illness, she received fourteen revelations and later two more visions. Soon after her recovery from illness, she began living in a small dwelling attached to the Church of St. Julian. She became famed as a mystic and spiritual counselor and was frequently visited by clergymen and lay persons. Julian has been called the first English woman of letters and the first English theologian to write in English. She reflects Christian optimism which is not dominated by sin and the Fall. Her spirituality is animated by grace and love.
Light in Deepest Night is composed by Aaron David Miller and the texts are adapted by David Miller. Aaron is a renowned organist and composer, having won numerous international awards and given concerts across the United States and Europe. He is the Director of Music at House of Hope Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, MN. David is the Dean of the Chapel and the first Floy L/ and Paul F. Cornelsen Director of Spiritual Formation at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago. Offering course and retreats in spiritual formation, coordinating the worship life of the seminary, and developing a Center for Spiritual Formation at LSTC are among his responsibilities. David and Aaron are father and son.
To aid in your engagement with Julian tonight, please take a hazelnut from the entrance of the church. It is yours to use as a tool for centering prayer. The Lady Julian of Norwich once wrote, “In this vision he showed me a little thing, the size of a hazelnut, and it was round as a ball. I looked at it with the eye of my understanding and thought, ‘What may this be? ’And it was generally answered thus: ‘It is all that is made. ’I marveled how it might last, for it seemed it might suddenly have sunk into nothing because of its littleness. And I was answered in my understanding: ‘It lasts and ever shall, because God loves it.’”(from her Shrine Church: St. Julian’s, Norwich)
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