The Sixth Chamber, Part 3

What will sustain us on the road ahead

includes the general and the singular.

All drink the cup of grace, and all are fed

with Christ's own body, but peculiar

to each are blessings springing from the well

of living water deep within their being.

To some are given visions: in her cell

Julian, shown a crucifix and seeing

the red blood trickle down, felt her heart warmed

with utmost joy. And such a vision still,

or word, or song, may spring forth fully formed

fit for the moment, potent to fulfil

God’s purpose for the church, given through one

open to living union with the Son.