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My Favourite Mystic 25: Jessica Barr on Gertrude of Helfta
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In this week's episode, AJ Langley speaks to Jessica Barr about German nun, mystic, and author of The Herald of Divine Love, Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302). We talk about the community of nuns at Helfta, her love of literature, her relationship with the Divine, how she decided to take her religious vocation more seriously (quite a while after she joined the convent..), the devotion to the sacred heart, and how hard it is to write about the ineffable.
Follow us on Twitter @myfavmystic, and if you are enjoying the podcast, rate and review us on your podcast app of choice!
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Manage episode 318051093 series 3238810
In this week's episode, AJ Langley speaks to Jessica Barr about German nun, mystic, and author of The Herald of Divine Love, Gertrude of Helfta (1256-1302). We talk about the community of nuns at Helfta, her love of literature, her relationship with the Divine, how she decided to take her religious vocation more seriously (quite a while after she joined the convent..), the devotion to the sacred heart, and how hard it is to write about the ineffable.
Follow us on Twitter @myfavmystic, and if you are enjoying the podcast, rate and review us on your podcast app of choice!
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