"Even though she is barely five feet tall, Sister Z drew everyone's
attention when she entered the large visiting room of Greensville
Prison. It was as if a rock star had arrived. All eyes were drawn to
her, and each person's face held a slightly different expression. Some
quickly looked away as if ashamed, others smiled, and some kept staring
like little children. I suppose this is similar to what we will
experience at the final judgment when we see Christ, face-to-face,
instead of hidden in his representatives here on earth.
Their reaction was due to one small detail: Sister Z wore her religious
habit. It is ironic that many nuns have given up their traditional
habit in order to be more conformed to the world. Perhaps, they have
rejected the habit to stress their individuality, but God saves a
community of people, not just individuals. From the looks on people's
faces that day in the visiting room, it was evident that Sister Z's
habit conveyed to them something of the reality of the Incarnation, of
the human linked to the divine, the subjective to the objective, the
deeply personal to the institutional. The habit suggested that she was
grafted onto the Vine, the supernatural cause of all natural beauty,
natural life, and natural power.
Sister Z herself says that her habit is a daily reminder of her vow to God."
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