Hail Mary Full of Grace

A Many Voices guest post by Substack writer Alice Goldbloom

My father, a man who worked as a chemist with his feet firmly planted on the ground of this physical world, possessed an unwavering belief in the tangible power of prayer. During one of our conversations at the end of his life, he explained that he had witnessed prayer’s healing and restorative powers a thousand times in his own life. He was a deeply re…