Heaven Opened by the Practice of the Three Hail Marys

I was recently browsing through some old pamphlets that I had and I found a leaflet titled "Heaven Opened by the practice of the Three Hail Marys." It caught my attention and decided to read it immediately. I would like to type out here what the leaflet said and I invite each of you to read through. 

Everything bellow in italics is quoted directly from the source:

 One of the greatest means of salvation and one of the surest signs of predestination, is unquestionable, the devotion to the Most Blessed Virgin. All the holy doctors of the Church are unanimous in saying with Saint Alphonsus of Liguori: "A devout servant of Mary shall never perish." The chief thing is to preserve faithfully till death in this devotion.

Numerous examples show how agreeable the three Hail Marys devotion is to the divine mother and what special graces it draws, during life and at the hour of death, on those who never omit it for a single day.

This practice was revealed to Saint Melchtilde (13th Century) well she was beseeching Our Blessed Mother to assist her and her hour of death. Our Lady appeared to her and said: "I will certainly. But I also want you to say three special Hail Marys to me every day.

"The first will be in honor of God the Father, who's omnipotence raised my soul so high above every other creature that after God I have the greatest power in heaven and on earth. In the hour of your death I will use that power of God the Father to keep any hostile power far away from you.

"The second Hail Mary will be set in honor of the Son of God who communicated his inscrutable wisdom to me. In the hour of your death I will fill your soul with the light of that wisdom so that that all the darkness of ignorance and error will be dispelled. 

"The third Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Holy Ghost who filled my soul with the sweetness of his love and tenderness and mercy. In your last hour I will then change the bitterness of death into defined sweetness and delight."

Our Blessed Mother also revealed to Saint Gertrude the Great: "To any soul who faithfully praise the three Hail Marys, I will appear at the hour of death in a splendor so extraordinary that it will fill the soul with heavenly consolation."

Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, the celebrated missionary, had the three Hail Marys recited morning and evening in honor of Mary immaculate, to obtain the grace of avoiding all mortal sins during the day or night; moreover he promised in a special manner eternal salvation to all those who proved constantly faithful to this practice. He gave this devotion of three hail Marys as a penance in the confessional, especially for those who are struggling with sins of impurity.

Practice: recite, morning and evening, three Hail Marys in honor of the three great privileges bestowed upon our Blessed mother by the most Blessed Trinity with this invocation at the end: for the morning: "Oh my mother, preserve me from mortal sin during this day." For the evening: "Oh my mother, preserve me from mortal sin during this night."

(Indulgences of 200 days granted by Leo the 13th, 300 days for the members of the Archconfraternity of the three Hail Marys by Benedict the 15th, and Apostolic Benediction by Saint Pius the 10th.)

The Hail Mary: 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. 

The copy of this leaflet was distributed by Our Lady of the Rosary Library in Prospect, KY. 

Thank you all for reading. I was unaware of this indulgence and felt called to share. Please join me each day as I pray the Three Hail Marys. Peace in Christ. 

Kate Mudgett

Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12