Prior to Jessica Powers entering the Carmelite convent where she was given the name Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit, the poet described a debate she engaged in with one of her editors regarding the most revealing attribute of God. As the story goes, the editor insisted that the greatest revelation about God was Truth – while Jessica insisted it was Beauty. Years later, Sister Miriam of the Holy Spirit laughed over their naivete. As a professed nun of many years, she came to understand the greatest revelation about God is his mercy. In a poem entitled the “The Mercy of God,” the Carmelite nun gave voice to her newfound wisdom, writing: "I rose up from the acres of self…