I learned to kneel, genuflect, serve the priest, ring the bells. I was trained as an altar boy in my town in the southeast of Ireland, where I learned how to assist with the rituals of the Mass. The spirit of the language of some of those prayers have made their way into the tone and texture of my new play “The Testament of Mary.” At the end my mother would recite some extra prayers, including the “Memorare,” which began, “Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who sought thy aid or implored thy intercession was left unaided.” Amen” - by the rest of the family in unison. Each mystery, as they were called, had 10 Hail Marys the first part of each Hail Mary was recited by a single voice, and then the second part - “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Every night from as early as I can remember the family knelt in the evening and said the rosary.
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