St. Therese said that each HAIL MARY goes up toward Heaven like incense whose smoking spirals are all alike, although it is always new incense that burns. Love always says the same thing, yet never repeats itself.
From “I Believe in Love,” Father Jean C.J. d’Elbee
Hail Mary, Mother of God, venerable treasure of the whole world, We hail you, who held in your virginal womb Him whom the heavens cannot contain; it is you through whom the Holy Trinity is glorified and adored throughout the earth; - St. Cyril of Alexandria
From Sarah Reinhard: “Most Catholics can recite the Hail Mary but haven’t actually reflected on the meaning of the prayer. I invited forty of the most popular Catholic voices, including Lisa M. Hendey, Lisa Mladinich, and Brandon Vogt, to write a brief reflection on one word of the Hail Mary.
You can find the original blog series, Looking Closer at the Hail Mary, at my blog. The book includes most of these reflections. They’ve been edited and also enhanced with prayer prompts.
The book is arranged so that it will enhance your prayer time and hopefully draw you closer to Mary and her Son through this classic prayer.”
Hail Mary of Our Lady of Sorrows, composed by Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoreggio. Translated from Latin by Fr Alfredo Pallotta, c.p. (via tota-pulchraesmaria)
Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with you.
Hail Mary of Our Lady of Sorrows, composed by Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoreggio. Translated from Latin by Fr Alfredo Pallotta, c.p. (via tota-pulchraesmaria)
Ave María, grátia pléna, Dóminus técum. Benedícta tu in muliéribus, et benedíctus frúctus véntris túi, Iésus. Sáncta María, Máter Déi, óra pro nóbis peccatóribus, nunc et in hóra mórtis nóstrae. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Our Lady of the Three Hail Marys with St. Mechtilde, St. Anthony, St. Leonard of Port Maurice and St. Alphonsus
Oh, Immaculate Mary, Virgin most Powerful, I beseech you, through that immense Power which you have received from the Eternal Father, obtain for me Purity of heart, - Strength to overcome all the enemies of my soul; -and the special favor I implore in my present necessity. (Name It)
Mother most...
Blessed Virgin Mary pray for us!
Pope Benedict XVI (via catholic-christian)
Gratia Plena!
A Spanish holy card of Mary, ‘full of grace’.
St. Bernard of Clairvaux (via catholicsoul)
Saint Bernardine of Siena (via by-grace-of-god)
