Author
Paul Murray
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Darton Longman & Todd
Published
April 2010
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A short but intense and beautifully written study of the 'Hail Mary' by the Irish theologian, poet and Dominican priest, Paul Murray. For almost an entire millennium the most commonly repeated prayer in the Church, apart from the Our Father, has been the Hail Mary. It's a prayer that, with great simplicity and ease, brings us at once into the mystery of God incarnate, the mystery of Jesus, son of Mary. For countless numbers of people over the centuries it has proved to be a threshold of grace, a real opening into the mystery and meaning of God's love, a 'holy door'. The Hail Mary is a prayer which is easy to say, easy to pray. But as Paul Murray shows in this short book it also has a radiance and depth of theological truth. "My hope in writing this tiny book is that, by giving space to some of the most moving and most profound reflections ever written on the Hail Mary, a door will open for the reader into a world in which the strenuous task of thinking and the easeful grace of feeling can both be considered sacred, and where wisdom and enchantment, theology and devotion, are found, at core, to be one and the same thing."
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Author
Paul Murray
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Darton Longman & Todd
Published
April 2010
Weight
162g
Page Count
96
Dimensions
114 x 170 x 14 mm
ISBN
9780232527957
ISBN-10
0232527954
Eden Code
2959891
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Author/Creator: Paul Murray
ISBN: 9780232527957
Publisher: Darton Longman & Todd
Release Date: April 2010
Weight: 162g
Dimensions: 114 x 170 x 14 mm
Eden Code: 2959891
13 years ago
Door Into the Sacred
This excellent little book is a new look at a very old prayer, the Hail Mary, the first words of which were uttered more than two thousand years ago. The prayer is considered in its three distinct parts. First of all there is the “angelic salutation”, when Mary learns that she has been chosen to be the mother of God. This is followed by the words of her cousin, Elizabeth, which restates the central theme of the prayer, the incarnation of Jesus in Mary’s womb. Finally there is the request for Mary’s intercession on behalf of weak humanity. Father Murray emphasizes the comfort and encouragement that may be derived from her powerful advocacy as mother of God. This, together with many reflections on the subject by poets, saints and scholars, helps us to consider afresh this very familiar prayer with the love and respect it merits.
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