Press to Return to Index. ~ Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you ~ This was the salutation to Mary by the Archangel Gabriel.
~Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb. ~ cried her cousin when Mary visited her,
~Jesus ~ this word was added by the Bible in order not to confuse the prayer, and to complete the salutation. Then the church went on to add the prayer...
~Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now, and at the hour of our death. Amen.

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