Hail
Mary
The Hail Mary is the most beautiful of all prayers
after the Our Father. It is the most perfect compliment which you can give to
Mary, because it is the compliment which the Most High sent her by an
archangel, in order to win her heart; and it was so powerful over her heart by
the secret charms of which it is so full, that in spite of her profound
humility she gave her consent to the Incarnation of the Word. It is by this
compliment also that you will infallibly win her heart, if you say it as you
ought.
The Hail Mary well said— that is, with attention, devotion,
and modesty - is, according to the saints, the enemy of the devil which puts
him to flight, and the hammer which crushes him. It is the sanctification of
the soul, the joy of the angels, the melody of the predestinate, the canticle
of the New Testament, the pleasure of Mary, and the glory of the most Holy
Trinity. The Hail Mary is a heavenly dew which fertilizes the soul. It is the
chaste and loving kiss which we give to Mary. It is a vermilion rose which we
present to her; a precious pearl we offer her; a chalice of divine ambrosial
nectar which we proffer to her.
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