Hail Mary
Also known as: Ave Maria Ave Maria (Hail Mary)
English Text
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
Translation tradition: Traditional English
Latin Text
Ave, Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum;
benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Scripture: Luke 1:28, 42
When to pray: Ten times per Rosary decade; traditional greeting before sermons; the Angelus; many Marian devotions.
History & Background
The first part of the Hail Mary derives directly from Scripture: the archangel Gabriel's greeting at the Annunciation (Lk 1:28) and Elizabeth's exclamation at the Visitation (Lk 1:42). The name "Jesus" was added to "the fruit of thy womb" by the Council of Ephesus (431), which defined Mary as Theotokos (Mother of God). The second part — the petition to Holy Mary, Mother of God — developed in the Western Church through the 11th–15th centuries and was fixed in its current form by Pope Pius V in the Roman Breviary of 1568. The Catechism of the Catholic Church devotes §§ 2676–2677 to the theological commentary on this prayer.
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Source
https://www.vatican.va/archive/compendium_ccc/documents/archive_2005_compendium-ccc_en.html verbatim