Handmaidens Of The Lord

05/31/2026

Ladies, come join us June 6th for another women’s conference. Last conference was about surrendering to the Lord. We learned a prayer “Lord, empty me, fill me and use me”. Surrendering is about being emptied. This coming weekend is about being filled.
Come and taste the goodness of Lord. And be filled by the Holy Spirit.

05/24/2026

Please help support the family. May he rest in peace

05/24/2026

Come join us June 6th to spend time with the Holy Spirit

05/13/2026

Our Lady of Fatima
Saint of the Day - 13 May 2026

The Story of Our Lady of Fatima
Between May 13 and October 13, 1917, three Portuguese children–Francisco and Jacinta Marto and their cousin Lucia dos Santos–received apparitions of Our Lady at Cova da Iria near Fatima, a city 110 miles north of Lisbon. Mary asked the children to pray the rosary for world peace, for the end of World War I, for sinners, and for the conversion of Russia.

Mary gave the children three secrets. Following the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta in 1919 and 1920 respectively, Lucia revealed the first secret in 1927. It concerned devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The second secret was a vision of hell. When Lucia grew up she became a Carmelite nun and died in 2005 at the age of 97.

Pope John Paul II directed the Holy See’s Secretary of State to reveal the third secret in 2000; it spoke of a “bishop in white” who was shot by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows into him. Many people linked this vision to the assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square on May 13, 1981.

The feast of Our Lady of Fatima was approved by the local bishop in 1930; it was added to the Church’s worldwide calendar in 2002.

Reflection
The message of Fatima is simple: Pray. Unfortunately, some people—not Sister Lucia—have distorted these revelations, making them into an apocalyptic event for which they are now the only reliable interpreters. They have, for example, claimed that Mary’s request that the world be consecrated to her has been ignored.

Sister Lucia agreed that Pope John Paul II’s public consecration in St. Peter’s Square on March 25, 1984, fulfilled Mary’s request. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith prepared a June 26, 2000, document explaining the “third secret.”

Mary is perfectly honored when people generously imitate her response “Let it be done to me as you say” (Luke 1:38). Mary can never be seen as a rival to Jesus or to the Church’s teaching authority, as exercised by the college of bishops united with the bishop of Rome.

https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/our-lady-of-fatima/

05/13/2026

05/13/2026

In 1917, Our Lady of Fatima called the world to: Pray. Repent. Return to God.
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Her message is still a mission for all.
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Today, we join that mission—praying for all nations and all people.
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📿 Pray the Rosary for the missions.
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04/30/2026

7 Scientific Reasons Everyone Should Pray the Rosary:
1. It Regulates Your Nervous System
The rhythmic, repetitive prayers calm the amygdala and activate the parasympathetic nervous system — shifting your body from fight-or-flight into rest-and-restore.
2. It Lowers Stress Hormones
Slow, patterned prayer has been shown to reduce cortisol levels, decreasing chronic stress load on the body.
3. It Improves Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
The natural breathing rhythm that develops while praying the Rosary (about 6 breaths per minute) optimizes heart rate variability — a major marker of resilience and longevity.
4. It Reduces Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
Meditative prayer increases serotonin and dopamine activity while decreasing rumination - two key factors in mood stabilization.
5. It Synchronizes Breath and Heart Rhythm
The cadence of the prayers creates cardio-respiratory coherence - a state associated with emotional regulation, clarity, and immune support.
6. It Strengthens Neural Pathways for Peace Repetitive contemplative prayer reinforces neural circuits associated with gratitude, compassion, and trust - literally rewiring the brain toward stability.
7. It Decreases Inflammation Markers
Chronic stress drives inflammation. Practices that calm the nervous system - like structured prayer - have been associated with reductions in inflammatory biomarkers over time.
Bonus: Pray It Out Loud in Latin
When you pray the Rosary aloud - especially in Latin
- the vibration of the ancient syllables slows breathing even further, stimulates the vagus nerve through vocalization, and deepens focus.
The combination of breath, sound, rhythm, and sacred language amplifies the physiological calming effect.
This isn't superstition.
It's embodied spirituality.
Your body was designed for prayer.

04/28/2026

Mark your calendars! Next women’s conference at St Joseph’s Catholic Church June 6th 2026