The Hail Mary is the specifically Catholic prayer because it is the most christological of all prayers. It came into use during the first half of the second millennium, conquered the Christian world with stunning spontaneity, and remained the fulcrum of Catholic resistance to various "reformations." One of these deformed the Gospel message in the name of faith and the other undermined man's rationality in the name of reason. In order to protect the Hail Mary from becoming a monotonous repetition of words, however hallowed, some practical advice is given in the Introduction. But the chief means of keeping the recitation of the Hail Mary an ever fresh experience, one should often reflect on the profound meaning of each and every line in it. May this little book help to achieve this most worthy and rewarding objective.

By Fr. Stanley L. Jaki

ISBN 978-1-892539-06-9  •  x + 84 pages  •  softcover