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Sacred Nomad: Between Veils and Vastness

Evening’s Sacred Dissolving I face my mirror in the evening’s sacred hush, where familiar contours of self begin to blur at the edges. Here, in this liminal light, I feel clothed with a veil caught in divine breath – lifting, falling, dancing between what was and what might be. How does one surrender the knowing to embrace the mystery of being beheld by Love? Some days I want to pin down the floating edges, to still these billowing...

Between the Prayers: The Presence Already Here

The Weight of Morning Mist In the soft morning light filtering through stained glass, I stood at the threshold of our church, heart full of carefully crafted welcomes and thoughtfully woven prayers. Yet somehow, I remained as translucent as the incense rising to the rafters. Oh, beloved, I see now the gentle irony. The same voices that penned passionate pleas for “women priests” floated past me each Sunday, their eyes searching distant...

A Sacred Calling

Am I worthy? Picture a lonely creature in the vastness of a cathedral, her feet making no sound on the cold marble floor. Like a scolded puppy seeking reconciliation, she inches toward the altar – two steps forward, one step back – gaze lowering and raising in an uncertain dance of longing. The golden tabernacle gleams ahead, but the space between feels vast and laden with invisible barriers. “Am I worthy to come closer?” asks her...

Betrothed to Mystery: What Does a Woman Called by God Look Like?

THRESHOLD CALLING Standing at the threshold, draped in crimson silk that speaks of both flesh and life, I challenge my own assumptions: What does a woman called by God look like? This dress speaks of paradoxes, it hosts both: blood and light. I see myself, and ask would God really want such a one as I? Yet here I stand, my silver cross a bridge between Moab’s abundance and Bethlehem’s dust. RUTH’S EXODUS Like Ruth, I leave the certainties...

Women at the Altar – A Sacred Reflection

Oil and Holy Water Try rolling these words around your tongue: “Independent Catholic Female.” Feel how they clash and dance, like oil and holy water attempting to mix. For some, it tastes of rebellion, for others, of hope – a phrase that makes traditionalists choke on their morning coffee and has progressive hearts leaping like sparks from Easter fire. What does independence even mean in a tradition where communion – beautiful, messy,...