

The opening word of greeting, χαῖρε, chaíre, here translated “Hail”, literally has the meaning “rejoice” or “be glad”. The first of the two passages from Saint Luke’s Gospel is the greeting of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, originally written in Koine Greek.
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The prayer incorporates two greetings to Mary in Saint Luke’s Gospel: “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” and “Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.” In mid-13th-century Western Europe the prayer consisted only of these words with the single addition of the name “Mary” after the word “Hail”, as is evident from the commentary of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the prayer. Mary, Sandro Botticelli (1489–90) Biblical source The Eastern Catholic Churches follow their respective traditions or adopt the Latin-Church prayer, which is also used by many other Western groups historically associated with the Catholic Church such as Lutherans, Anglicans, Independent Catholics, and Old Catholics. The liturgies of the Oriental Orthodox Churches use many prayers addressed to Mary, but only vaguely similar to the Hail Mary. On the other hand, the Eastern Orthodox Church has a quite similar prayer (without explicit request for her intercession), both in Greek and in translations, that it frequently uses outside of the formal liturgy, like the Jesus Prayer. In the Roman Catholic Latin Church, the prayer forms the basis of the Rosary and the Angelus prayers. The prayer takes different forms in various traditions and has often been set to music. Since the sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic version of the prayer closes with an appeal for her intercession.

The Hail Mary is a prayer of praise for and petition to the Mother of God. Both of these visits are featured in the gospel of Luke.

The Hail Mary (Latin: Ave Maria) is a traditional Catholic prayer based on Gabriel’s visit to Mary, mother of Jesus and Mary’s subsequent visit to Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. In Roman Catholicism, the prayer forms the basis of the Rosary and the Angelus prayers. The Hail Mary is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. It is the foundation to the Rosary, and is based off of two passages from Saint Luke’s Gospel. The Hail Mary prayer is one of the most famous prayers in all of Catholicism.
