We are a tiny Eastern Orthodox Christian family who find great joy in creating veils and head-coverings to bless the lives of praying women.
Welcome to our little shop! Here is our story...
I have always felt drawn to head covering in private prayer and in worship, particularly in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. This led naturally into creating my own veils and subsequently to creating them for others. I feel particularly blessed to have the opportunity to create head coverings for praying women, because I believe that praying women, through the power of Our Lord, can be a tremendous blessing to a broken world.
Here at Liturgical Time Veil Shop, we try to “think outside the box” and create unique veils that will offer a variety of women choices that they love. We have been particularly inspired to create veils that women who are new to head covering can feel comfortable wearing. That was the impetus for the development of our Eternity Veil which can be worn as a scarf and then discreetly pulled up over the head to form a veil. We also create a variety of chapel veils which have long enough sides to allow “kerchief style” tying. We find that many women feel particularly at home wearing their veils in this fashion. Our selection in rounded out with cotton headscarves and Israeli-style tichels, to provide something for everyone!
Our work is very much intertwined with our family life. Once upon a time, we had a lovely dining room and formal living room. Now, instead, we have a former dining room table which serves as a cutting table, a sideboard which stores trims and packing materials, and a space brimming with lace and fabric. Everyone in the family participates in responding to inquiries, managing orders, creating veils, and packaging our creations for shipment.
For us, this is contemplative work. I find repetitive stitching to be an excellent vehicle for contemplative prayer. We also pin the name of the recipient on the each veil as soon as the lace is cut. That name follows the head covering through to completion, allowing us to pray for the recipient every time her veil is in our hands.
We feel very blessed and grateful to have the opportunity to play some tiny part in the lives of praying women who stand in sacred spaces, and ask the blessing of our Lord on all who visit here.
Pax Christi dear ones,
~Michelle
