She believed that the rocks, rivers, and hills of Judea held a "holy nature." For Paula, walking through the desert was not penance; it was communion. She famously wrote (via Jerome’s letters): “Here, the air is purer; the sun is gentler; the very stones cry out the name of the Creator.”
Holy Nature Paula, Saint Paula of Rome, ecotheology, green Christianity, creation spirituality, pilgrimage, liturgical ecology.
At noon, examine your consumption. Look at your lunch. Where did the ingredients come from? How much soil, water, and sunlight went into this meal? Paula would call this "unpacking the sacrament of bread."
