Holy Nature Paula
In Bethlehem, she built a monastery for men, three convents for women, and a hostel for pilgrims. She lived as the abbess of the nuns, practicing strict fasting and constant prayer. Intellectual and Biblical Legacy
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Unlike prosperity gospel movements that reject suffering and decay, Holy Nature Paula venerates the compost heap. "Rot is Resurrection," Paula writes in her purported journals. Decay—whether of a fallen log or a broken heart—is not an enemy of holiness but the mechanism of renewal. Followers are encouraged to sit with decaying matter (leaves, fruit) as a form of Lectio Divina (divine reading) to accept their own mortality and potential for new life. In Bethlehem, she built a monastery for men,