Intimacy In The Wooing Of Our Lord

Intimacy in “The Wooing of Our Lord” Throughout the thirteenth-century devotional literacies, most people sought lost loved ones and emotionally displayed their affection through poems, songs, and devotional semiotics such as texts and images. In the “The Wooing of Our Lord”, the concept of intimacy is displayed by the anchoress engagement in the painful search, and seeking closeness and openness to draw herself to the lover – Jesus. In meditative nurtures, the anchoress affectionately seeks intimacy with Jesus; an intimacy the anchoress struggles to accomplish. In her efforts to achieve intimacy, the anchoress uses meditation to recreate the special moments that ultimately form the union between the Anchoress and Jesus. To achieve her goal, the anchoress shapes herself and her intimacy with Jesus through medication: The anchoress explores Jesus characteristics and values, through
The voice of Jesus seems to draw her closer to him and further away from Wohunge. Spiritually, the voice transcends upon her senses and casts her thoughts and spiritual being to the scriptural voice of her lover. Within the narration, the anchoress seems to respond directly to Jesus statements in the assertion that he “suffered such shame in that lovely face, and thought it all honor for the love of me” (Colloney, 103). The anchoress hears the voice of Jesus speaking to and for her, creating a moment of intimacy between her and the one that is enduring pain and torture for her. Even while shifting between observational roles and the participatory roles in the narration, the Anchoress’ identifies Jesus as her lover whose voice and actions speak for and to her, making her fall in love with Jesus, over and over again. DeMoss confirms that, the voice of God is a spiritual nourishment and creates the special bond between them: It explains how the voice of Christ gives the anchoress an intimate