THREE HAIL MARYs

Pope St. Pius X gave his Apostolic Blessing to this practice.

The devotion was raised to an Archconfraternity by Pope Benedict XV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqWGICoigS8

http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/three.htm

The first Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Father, Whose 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 from you.

The second Hail Mary will be in honor of God the Son, 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 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 Divine sweetness and delight

ACT OF CONSECRATION TO THE BLESSED TRINITY

With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin
above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, Daughter of
the Eternal Father, and I consecrate to Thee
my soul with all its faculties.

THE HAIL MARY

 

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 our death. Amen.

With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin
above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, beloved Mother
of the Son of God, and I consecrate to Thee my body
with all its senses.

THE HAIL MARY

With all my heart I praise Thee, Most Holy Virgin 
above all Angels and Saints in Paradise, beloved Spouse 
of the Holy Ghost, and I consecrate to Thee my heart 
with all its affections, and beseech Thee to obtain for me from 
the Most Holy Trinity all the graces necessary for salvation.

THE HAIL MARY

Recite morning and evening the Consecration and Three Hail Marys in honor of the three great privileges of Mary,
together with this invocation at the end of each Hail Mary:

By thy holy and Immaculate Conception, O Mary,
make my body pure and my soul holy;
preserve me this day [this night] from mortal sin.

The Promise

During an apparition to St. Gertrude, the Blessed Mother promised, "To any soul who faithfully prays the Three Hail Marys I will appear at the hour of death in a splendor of beauty so extraordinary that it will fill the soul with Heavenly consolation." 

"I have a little key that will open the door of heaven for you when you die.

All you have to do is to say, in my honor, three Hail Marys, every day."

~Our Lady to St. Matilde of Hacehborn