3/22/13

The "Hail Mary Prayer" of a Protestant is powerful!---( A True Story)



The "Hail Mary" of a Protestant is powerful!---( A True Story)

A little six-year-old Protestant boy had often heard his Catholic companion reciting the prayer 'Hail Mary.' He liked it so much that he copied it, memorized it and would recite it every day. 'Look, Mummy, what a beautiful prayer,' he said to his mother one day. 'Never again say it,' answered the mother.' it is a superstitious prayer of Catholics who adore idols and think Mary a goddess. After all, she is a woman like any other. Come on, take this Bible and read it. It contains everything that we are bound to do and have to do.'

From that day on the little boy discontinued his daily 'Hail Mary' and gave himself more time to reading the Bible instead. One day, while reading the Gospel, he came across the passage about the Annunciation of the Angel to Our Lady. Full of joy, the little boy ran to his mother and said: 'Mummy, I have found the 'Hail Mary' in the Bible which says: 'Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women. ' Why do you call it a superstitious prayer?'

On another occasion he found that beautiful Salutation of St. Elizabeth to The Virgin Mary and the wonderful canticle. MAGNIFICAT in which Mary foretold that 'the generations would call her blessed.' He said no more about it to his mother but started to recite the 'Hail Mary' every day as before. He felt pleasure in addressing those charming words to the Mother of Jesus, our Savior.

When he was fourteen, he one day heard a discussion on Our Lady among the members of his family. Every one said that Mary was a common woman like any other woman. The boy, after listening to their erroneous reasoning, could not bear it any longer, and full of indignation, he interrupted them, saying: 'Mary is not like any other children of Adam, stained with sin. No! The Angel called her FULL OF GRACE AND BLESSED AMONGST WOMEN. Mary is the Mother of Jesus Christ and consequently Mother of God. There is no higher dignity to which a creature can be raised.

The Gospel says that the generations will proclaim her blessed and you are trying to despise her and look down on her. Your spirit is not the Spirit Of the Gospel or of the Bible which you proclaim to be the foundation of the Christian religion.' So deep was the impression which the boy's talk had made that his mother many times cried out sorrowfully: 'Oh my God! I fear that this son of mine will one day join the Catholic religion, the religion of Popes!' And indeed, not very long afterwards, having made a serious study of both Protestantism and Catholicism, the boy found the latter to be the only true religion and embraced it and became one of its most ardent apostles.

Some time after his conversion, he met his married sister who rebuked his and said indignantly: 'You little know how much I love my children. Should any one of them desire to become a Catholic, I would sooner pierce his heart with a dagger than allow him to embrace the religion of the Popes!' Her anger and temper were as furious as those of St. Paul before his conversion. However, she would change her ways, just as St. Paul did on his way to Damascus.

It so happened that one of her sons fell dangerously ill and the doctors gave up hope of recovery. Her brother then approached, her and spoke to her affectionately, saying: 'My dear sister, you naturally wish to have your child cured. Very well, then, do what I ask you to do. Follow me, let us pray one 'Hail Mary' and promise God that, if your son recovers his health, you would seriously study the Catholic doctrine, and should you come to the conclusion that Catholicism is the only true religion, you would embrace it no matter what the sacrifices may be.'

His sister was somewhat reluctant at the beginning but as she wished for her son's recovery. She accepted her brother's proposal and recited the 'Hail Mary' together with him. The next day her son was completely cured! The mother fulfilled her promise and she studied the Catholic doctrine. After long preparation she received Baptism together with her family, thanking her brother for being an apostle to her.

 *The story was related during a sermon given by the Rev. Father Tuckwell. 'Brethren, he went on and said, 'The boy who became a Catholic and converted his sister to Catholicism dedicated his whole life to the service of God.  He is the priest who is speaking to you now!

What I am I owe to Our Lady. You, too, my dear brethren, be entirely dedicated also to Our Lady and never let a day pass without saying the beautiful prayer, 'Hail Mary', and your Rosary. Ask her to enlighten the minds of Protestants who are separated from the true Church of Christ founded on the Rock (Peter) and 'against whom the gates of hell shall never prevail.'

The Hail Mary Prayer
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among 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 death.
Amen.

 

8 comments:

Deacon Pat said...

Great Blog, I will forward to my wife....

Blessings,

Deacon Pat

Mary N. said...

What a wonderful story, Ed! Thank you!

Faith7Love said...

made me teary eyed :( of joy

maryS. said...

I believe the power of the Hail Mary.

maryS. said...

I truly believe the poer prayer of the Hail Mary, and it is a beautiful prayer for our Mama mary.God bless.

Anonymous said...

I love this, I have to say since I have been praying the rosary feel much closer to our Blessed Mother but to the Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Things started happening that weren't happening before, I believe in the power of prayer but especially the rosary!

Ed Sousa said...

Mary; not just another woman!
I was fascinated by a story in the Fatima Crusader. A Fr Tuckwell was talking to his parishioners about a six year old boy who had a catholic friend who used to recite the Hail Mary. The little boy loved what he heard and began to say the prayer with him. He told is mother about how beaufiful the prayer was but she replied "It is not biblical. It is catholic superstition. They worship idols and make her a Goddess"". The little boy stopped saying the prayer but some time later he was reading his bible and came upon St Luke. "Hail, full of grace the Lord is with Thee" and then St Elizabeth "Blessd art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of they womb" The boy ran to his mother. "Look, mother, it is biblical" He then started saying the Hail Mary again though his parents did not approve. When he was 14 there was a discussion again in his house in which Mary was described as a common woman like every other woman. He could take it no longer. "Mary is not like any other children of Adam stained with sin. No! The Angel called her full of grace and blessed among women. Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ and consequently the MOther of God. There is no higher dignity to which a creature can be raised. The Gospel says all generations shall call her blessed yet you are trying to despis her and look down on her. Your spirit is not the spirit of the Gospel nor the Bible which you claim to be the foundation of the Christian religion" So deep was the impression the boy made that his mother feared he was going to join the religion of the Popes. The boy eventually did. HIs sister hated him for changing his relgion but when her child fell ill the young man persuaded her to say the Hail Mary and if the child recovered study the Catholic Faith. The sister did so and the child recoverd and she became a catholic. It is a beautiful story and of course Fr Tuckwell admitted he was the boy. I have heard priests in their efforts to forward ecumenism say much the same thing. But Mary is `not just like us` She is our beautiful mother and can give us whatever we wish for the salvation of ourselves and for the salvation of others. Let us make her our Queen and restore our beautiful England to her care.
Posted by John Kearney at 08:57

Unknown said...

Blessed mother pray for me to find a job or capital for business. Amen