Hail Mary
Originally written 07/13/2015 “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen” I have probably prayed the Hail Mary thousands of times in my life. Sometimes my prayer is done like a Marian marathon runner…hurrying to get through the prayers of the rosary so that I can do something else. In hindsight, most of the time that I am rushing through my prayers, I am doing so to free myself to do something else; go to bed, get a bite to eat, waste time on the Internet, or any other meaningless task. However, lately I have been graced to pray a bit more deliberately. Almost a year ago, 93 year old “Nana” fell and broke her hip. She was admitted to the hospital where she had emergency surgery. While recovering from the hip surgery, the symptoms of congestive heart fa...