What about the “inward ordinances?”
Inward ordinances happen inside a holy temple, in “holy places.”
There are the washings, anointings, endowments, and sealings we have all been taught about that take place in holy temple buildings.
But we are also told that our body is a temple.
If you have read Heather’s essay, “The Two Veils,” you are aware of some of these inward ordinances: intimacy, conception, pregnancy and birth.
I would add to that list, menstruation and lactation.
These girls are preparing to shed blood as did the Savior.
They are a holy place where ordinance work will take place beginning with menstruation and continuing through other the other inward ordinances.
