“All shall be well” is not a catchphrase to be thrown at suffering. It is a truth of faith that we learn throughout life, that can be stated only from where Julian stated it: a place of full knowledge of sin’s horror and greater knowledge of God’s goodness and faithfulness as bigger than that horror. It can be stated, as Julian stated it, only while gazing on the crucified and risen One, who is God’s personal response to evil and suffering.
