The first part of the Hail Mary (lines 1-4) comes from passages in Luke’s gospel relating to the first two Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, the Annunication (from Luke 1:28) and the Visitation (from Luke 1:42). He also noted that “as all heaven rejoices when the ‘Hail Mary’ is said, so also do the devils tremble and take flight.” Amen.īlessed Alan de la Roche, a great champion of the Rosary in the 15th century, once said that “When I say Hail Mary, hope is made strong in my breast and the dew of consolation falls on my soul….the angelic salutation is a rainbow in the heavens, a sign of the mercy and grace God has given to the world.” Holy Mary, Mother of God, Pray for us sinners, Now and at the hour of our death. Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with Thee Blessed art thou among women, And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. It is as simple as it is elegant, in any language: The Hail Mary has also been the inspiration for some great musical settings of its text in Latin, most famously in the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert.

This wonderful prayer has helped give people the graces, strength, and spiritual protection they’ve needed for hundreds of years. It has inspired much fervent devotion to Jesus and His Blessed Mother.

The Hail Mary, sometimes called the “angelic salutation,” is the foundation for such famous prayers such as the Rosary and the Angelus.

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