Through her writings, Americans have been introduced to biblical and Carmelite themes set in a language and context which they could identify and integrate into their own personal lives. In this way, the writings of Jessica Powers have influenced the formation of American spirituality in the twentieth-century, and as she wished, her poetry has been used by others in their search for God. The sisters,of the Carmel of the Mother of God, like generations of Carmelites before them, pray unceasingly for those whose lives touch theirs, and for the countless others whom they do not know and who have never heard of them. They quote from a poem of Jessica's. As always, birds in great variety inhabit the trees.
Snow remains a fact of winter life.