A creature indeed

book 1.6- Margery's reaction to Pieta

"What aileth thee woman? Why farest thus with thyself? We knew him as well as thou."

This quote resonated with me the most after the readings. To me, it sounds ALMOST like a hint of jealousy. Not jealous that she has visions, but jealous of her relationship with God that she claims. It's fair to say that most people in this time were fearful of standing out, everyone is on edge, just one moment away from saying the wrong thing that will get you accused of a heinous crime. People were afraid, and to ease their minds, they had to weed out people that were different from them.

 I think Margery is in some ways, lucky. If it were anyone else having these visions, they would likely be accused of heresy. However, because of her status and continual acceptance of the Church's word, she was able to just slip by. The other church-goers can see the bigger picture of this. They see that Margery is (annoyingly) different. They want to know, why her? What makes her think she is so special that not only she gets to see visions from God but that she isn't persecuted for having these. Her having these visions almost gives her a sense of authority and right. She has been "chosen" as the one or one of the few to see these visions. So when she cries out in the church, what makes her experience different from everyone else.

As they said  "we know hm as well as thou", there were men and women that dedicated their lives to learning the life of God and they don't all see these Godly visions. So does her seeing visions suddenly make her more knowledgable or higher in some way? Through the eyes of everyone else, she shouldn't have the privilege of seeing God when she only knows him as well as everyone else.