Paul Murray
DOOR INTO THE SACRED
A Meditation on the Hail Mary
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.
· A treat for ordinary people who are often too busy· Easy to follow, clearly laid out
· Well-known author
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.
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| Price: £9.95 | ISBN: 9780232527957 | Pages: 96 |