Saturday, November 6, 2010

Three Hail Mary's Devotion

A devotion promoted by St. Anthony of Padua, St. Leonard of Port-
Maurice, and St. Alphonsus Liguori.

Our Lady requested the daily recitation of three Hail Marys, and she
revealed the following to St. Mechtilde:

"The first Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Father, whose
omnipotence raised my soul so high above every other creature that,
after God, I have the greatest power in Heaven and on earth. In the
hour of your death I will use that power of God the Father to keep
any hostile power far from you."

"The second Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Son, who
communicated His inscrutable wisdom to me...In the hour of your
death I will fill your soul with the light of that wisdom so that
all darkness of ignorance and error will be dispelled."

"The third Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Holy Ghost, who
filled my soul with the sweetness of His love and tenderness and
mercy...In your last hour I will then change the bitterness of death
into divine sweetness and delight."

Promise: During an apparition to St. Gertrude, the Blessed Mother
promised, "To any soul who faithfully prays the Three Hail Marys I
will appear at the hour of death in a splendor of beauty so
extraordinary that it will fill the soul with heavenly consolation."

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