A thoughtful analysis of one of Christianity's best-loved prayers Through time believers have found the Hail Mary to be a simple yet compelling prayer. Indeed, for nearly a millennium the most commonly repeated prayer in the church, apart from the Our Father, has been the Hail Mary. To what can its enduring popularity be attributed? In this reflective book, Paul Murray shows that, while uncomplicated by nature, the Hail Mary brings us at once into...