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How a Week With Benedictine Sisters Made Me a Better Radical

A bench, tree, and field of wildflowers on the prairies of Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton, Wisc., on July 24, 2023. Hannah Keziah Agustin/Sojourners. 

In the quiet oratory of Holy Wisdom Monastery in Middleton, Wisc., I spent my mornings gazing at the face of Jesus. On the far wall of the room where we prayed hung an icon of Jesus holding a tablet that read, “Behold, I make all things new.” Outside the prairie was a technicolor parade of coneflowers, whorled milkweed, and purple loosestrife, while robins, cardinals, and song sparrows continued their song; but it was hard for me to believe that Christ was making things new in the present.

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