On those mornings, she would walk down the center aisle of the church after pronouncing the absolution of our sins and recite what we Anglicans call the "comfortable words": the verses of Scripture that are to be read following the moment of confession and absolution, verses that assure the worshipers of God's pardon and fatherly goodness. Whenever I attended a Eucharist at which she was presiding, I knew she was fulfilling her calling. Martha had clearly been called by God to Holy Orders in the Anglican Church. Martha was herself a priest, and neither of us had any interest in debating that as a question. Before she died, my friend Martha and I kept promising each other that one day we would debate-preferably over a luxurious dinner and a bottle of wine-the question of women's ordination to the priesthood.
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