How beautiful on the mountains

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings... Isaiah 52:7

Who among us humans does not revive upon receiving good news? And how do we determine what is good news? Four quotes from Julian of Norwich:

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. 

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The greatest honor we can give Almighty God is to live gladly because of the knowledge of his love.

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He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.

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All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well. 

Fr. Richard Rohr writes that today is the Feast of Lady Julian of Norwich. He writes, On the night of May 8, 1373, God "showed himself" to her and it took her more than twenty years to unpackage the experience.

And what she seems to know, at the end, is that all news of God (and God is also All There Is) is good news. Let me embody this knowing, that all that comes is good news for me, for I am too limited to discern otherwise. And let me share in the proclamation.

Yesterday in Bethesda I saw spirea in bloom. Mama had a spirea bush near the house. The flower clusters are so creamy white, fresh looking, surrounded by young but sturdy greenery,  all part of this beautiful world. And so is the roadside litter. How do I embrace this All There Is?