Saint Louis Mary of Monte Forti - The Admirable Secret of the Rosary - 57 – A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE HAIL MARY.

Are you in the misery of sin? Call upon the Blessed Virgin Mary, say to her: Hail Mary, which means: I greet you with the utmost reverence, O you who are without sin and without misfortune. She will free you from the evil of your sins. Are you in the darkness of ignorance or error? Come to Mary, say to her: Hail Mary, that is, Illuminated by the rays of the sun of righteousness, and she will communicate her light with you. Have you strayed from the path to heaven? Call upon Mary, which means: Stella Maris and Polaris, who directs our navigation in this world, and she will lead you to the harbor of eternal salvation. Are you in affliction? Take refuge in Mary, which means: the bitter sea that was filled with bitterness in this world and is now changed into a sea of pure sweetness in heaven; she will turn your sorrows into joy and your afflictions into consolations. Have you lost grace? Honor the abundance of graces with which God filled the Blessed Virgin. Say to her: Full of graces, and with all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and she will communicate her graces with you. Are you alone, deprived of God's protection? Turn to Mary, tell her: The Lord is with you, more noble and familiar than in the just and saints, because you are one with Him, your Son; his flesh is your flesh. You are with the Lord by the most perfect likeness and mutual charity, because you are his Mother. Say finally: The entire Most Holy Trinity is with you, of whom you are a precious Temple, and he will restore you under God's protection and custody. Have you become the object of God's curse? Say: Blessed are you above all women and all nations. Because of your purity and fruitfulness, you have transformed the divine curse into a blessing, and he will bless you. Do you hunger for the bread of grace and the bread of life? Come to her who bore the living bread that came down from heaven, and tell her: Blessed is the fruit of your womb, whom you conceived without any loss of virginity, whom you bore without labor and gave birth without pain. Blessed is Jesus, who redeemed the captive world, healed the sick, raised the dead, brought back the exiles, justified the guilty, saved the damned. Without a doubt, your soul will be filled with the bread of grace in this life and eternal glory in the next. Amen.