40 Hail Marys by Alfonso Maria de Liguori
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ScribdTranslationsEXERCISE OF THE FORTY HAIL MARYS OF SAINT ALPHONSUS MARIA DE LIGUORI
(Advent)
From December 1 to 25
By the sign of the Holy Cross
Offering
I offer you, Pure Virgin, these forty Hail Marys and as many blessings with which
I am going to greet you with the intention of earning the many indulgences that are granted in them.
Make, Lady, that it comes from a contrite and fervent heart, so that my prayer may rise with fragrance.
from softness to the throne of glory that you are exalted.
Accept them in memory of the joy that was yours, when you were chosen Mother of the Word.
Eternal, of the joy with which you saw him born, of the joy with which you embraced him in Your
sovereign arms and the tenderness with which you nourished him with Your sacred milk.
Make me a participant, Oh Sovereign Queen!, of those lively desires with which You waited.
his birth, and help me that by preparing my soul to receive him with purity, I may be worthy
to celebrate Your coming, and to praise Him with the Angels in the manger. Amen.
At the end of each Hail Mary
In the first ten
Blessed be, Oh Mary!, the hour in which you were consecrated Mother of God.
In the second decade
Blessed be, O Mary!, the hour in which you gave birth to the Son of God.
In the third decade
Blessed be, Oh Mary!, that first embrace you gave to the child Jesus, Son of God.
In the fourth decade
Blessed be, oh Mary!, the first food you gave to the child Jesus, son of God.
Final prayer for every day
Most merciful Virgin Mary, most compassionate advocate of sinners, unwavering
hope of our eternal happiness, help us Mother most clement, in pleading to the
omnipotent Lord for peace and harmony in the countries of the world, eradication of the
heresies, conversion of all sinners, and especially for the needs,
exaltation and pious purposes of our Holy Mother the Catholic Church.
Oh, most loving Father, our supplications, and grant us these graces, particularly the
to adore you eternally in glory, for the intercessions of Mary and for the merits of Your
Only Begotten Son and Our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Spirit
Holy, God, for all the ages of ages. Amen.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
PRAYER FOR DECEMBER 24 NIGHT OR DECEMBER 25
BEFORE THE MASS
Praying the Rosary while meditating on the joyful mysteries
Prayer at the end of the Rosary
Most Powerful Queen of the Angels, most worthy Mother of God, and my sweetest and most benevolent
Madam; I, an indignant creature humbly prostrated at Your most holy feet, implore You to
worthy to receive from me, poor sinner, the memory of these five joyful mysteries of Your
Most Holy Rosary that I offer to you, along with the thousand Hail Marys prayed for me, together with the
a thousand blessings, I beg you, most merciful Lady of mine, by that authority of Mother of
born Child, reach me from the reward of the thousand, two blessings only: the first
in life, obtaining grace through true repentance, and the second in death,
interceding for my eternal salvation. Amen.
Indulgences
Pope Pius VII, on November 27, 1804, graciously granted a plenary indulgence,
the one that can be earned just once, by confessing and receiving communion, in one of the 25
days of this spiritual preparation. Furthermore, His Holiness offered 200 days of
indulgences for each day that is prayed (that is, in the 25 days it is 5,000 days)
The Archbishop of Santiago, Don Sebastián Malvar, and the Archbishop of Zaragoza,
they granted 80 days for each Hail Mary and 80 days for each blessing.
Archbishop Isidro de Carvajal, from Cuenca: 40 days for each Hail Mary and 40 days for
every blessing.
The Bishop of Jaen, Agustín Rubin de Ceballos, 40 days for each Hail Mary prayed
in front of the image located above.
Don Antonio de Setmanat, patriarch of the Indies, Don Felipe Beltrán, Bishop of
Salamanca, Don Tomás del Valle, Bishop of Cádiz, Don Antonio López, Bishop of
Astorga, Mr. Ascensio Sales, Bishop of Barcelona, Mr. Bernardo Velarde, Bishop of
Tortosa, Mr. Francisco José Rodríguez, Bishop of Teruel, Mr. Andrés Mayoral,
Bishop of Valencia, Don Francisco Blas Arganda, Bishop of Segorbe, Don José
Tormo, Bishop of Orihuela and Don Francisco Anguriano, Bishop of Tagaste, auxiliary of
Toledo has granted 60 days for each Hail Mary and another 60 days for each blessing.
and thus they can earn 52,800 days in the exercise of each day, which adds up to
the 25 days: 1,320,000 days. As stated by the decrees that these excellencies
the gentlemen have signed at the bottom of each memorial.
Total indulgences
