Formation Plan
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Then Jesus told His disciples:
"If any man would come after me,
let him deny himself
and take up his cross
and follow me."
(Matthew 16:24)
The primary mission of
Little Handmaids
of Our Sorrowful Mother
is to call women to consecrate themselves to Jesus through the Sorrowful Heart of Mary
"If any man would come after me,
let him deny himself
and take up his cross
and follow me."
(Matthew 16:24)
The primary mission of
Little Handmaids
of Our Sorrowful Mother
is to call women to consecrate themselves to Jesus through the Sorrowful Heart of Mary
Through this Consecration:
- our hearts will become more and more like the Compassionate Heart of our Mother Mary, in union with the Merciful Heart of Jesus.
- our hearts will be enabled to submit to the grace of our vocations and, thereby, to realize our true dignity as women.
- the Church, marriages, and families will be "constantly enriched by our witness...in fulfilling our vocation to holiness."
- we will become "an incarnation (by imitating Mary's virtues) of the feminine ideal; a model for all Christians...of how the Bride must respond with love to the love of the Bridegroom."
We seek consecration to Jesus
through the Sorrowful Heart of Mary by
- praying from the heart the following prayer every day: "I am all Yours, O my sweet Jesus, and all that I have belongs to You, through Mary, Your Holy Mother."
- seeking "to do all of our actions by Mary, with Mary, in Mary, and for Mary; so that wemay do them "all the more perfectly by Jesus, with Jesus, in Jesus, and for Jesus."
- entrusting ourselves and our loved ones to Mary, our Mother
- praying (in a contemplative, or meditative, manner) the Rosary of the Seven Sorrows ofMary and the Divine Mercy chaplet every day.
- "giving ourselves entirely to Jesus Christ by the hands of Mary"--by means of St. Louis de Montfort's total consecration to Jesus through Mary, within a year of making a commitment to the apostolate.
- reading the Bible for 15 minutes and some other spiritual writing for another 15 minutesevery day
- doing an examination of conscience every day and going to sacramental confession once a month.
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Through giving ourselves and all that we have to Jesus through Mary, Our Sorrowful Mother, our lives become our prayer of thanksgiving; of adoration, and of intercession for
- the restoration of the Church through sacramental confession in a spirit of humility.
- our shepherds to be "worthy representatives of Jesus, leading us with love on the way of truth." (Medjugorje message, 09-02-2011).
- the restoration of the true dignity and vocation of women
- the healing of marriages and families
- the protection and blessing of all children, from the moment of conception.
- all cold, hard, violent hearts to be transformed in the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- the restoration of the soul(s) of our nation(s)
"I have laid up Thy word in my heart
that I might not sin against Thee."
(Psalm 119:11)
Required Reading for Little Handmaids
- True Devotion to Mary by St. Louis de Montfort
- Any reading required as part of the total consecration to Jesus through Mary. You may find this consecration at
- Daily Bible reading
Recommended Reading
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Documents of Blessed John Paul II, esp.
--- the following apostolic letters
- Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women
- Rosarium Virginis Mariae (On the Most Holy Rosary)
- Salvifici Doloris (On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering)
* Divine Mercy in My Soul by St. Maria Faustina Kowalska
* Our Lady of Kibeho by Immaculee Ilibagiza
* Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza
* A variety of Church writings at www.motherofallpeoples.com
* Explore papal documents at www.vatican.va/holy_father/index
Pray the beautiful Kibeho Seven Sorrows Rosary, given to a visionary at Kibeho, Rwanda by Our Lady!
Please pray for the blossoming of Little Handmaids of Our Sorrowful Mother, in our individual hearts, and as an apostolate!