made perfect in weakness”.4 The combination of organic symptoms and mystical graces in the case of St. Francis of Assisi has recently been submitted to a precise study in the light of the historical evidence at our disposal. In the case of Julian, we have no other evidence than what she herself gives us; we must depend on what she mentions and reveals of her symptoms. We can see, however, that for her, as for other Christian mystics, her infirmity is a God-given opportunity to reaffirm that all her