TOPIC: "HAIL MARY" DAY 1

Why do Catholics worship Mary?
We don't.  We merely honor her. Jesus honored his mother, and so do we.

 

Well, then . . . what is all that Hail Mary stuff?
It is a wonderful prayer that all comes from Scripture

How the Hail Mary Prayer Came to Be  -- 4 Point Reminders

A) Luke 1:28  Hail Mary, Full of grace. The Lord is with thee

B) Luke 1:41, 42  Blessed art thou amongst women & blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

C) Luke 1:43  Holy Mary, Mother of God. Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

D) John 20:28  God = The Lord

The Hail Mary prayer derives from two verses 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." 

The last part that we pray, 
"Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death," is not in Scripture. Although it is not a quote from Scripture, this is an ending that makes sense in this prayer.
• Remember that Elizabeth says, "How is it that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?" 
•  John (20:28) clearly states that God = Lord.
• Thus Elizabeth acknowledges that Mary is the mother of God . . . and we are simply asking her to pray for us.

Who added this last sentence to the prayer?
This is an interesting Catholic side question.
 
The Dominicans and Jesuits have to fight this one out. 

Girolamo Savonarola

On the Dominican side, Girolamo Savonarola that ascetic Florentine Dominican priest who was burned at the stake is sometimes credited as including the words, "Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death."

On the other side, the Jesuits claim that the last part of the Hail Mary was officially added by Saint Peter Canisius, a Doctor of the Church.

Regardless of where and when this last sentence came from, it was officially made a part of the "Hail Mary" in 1566 when it was printed in the form we have it today in the Roman Catechism of the Council of Trent.

If you benefited from this post, please say a Hail Mary for me!
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for the CIA!


Taylor Marshall SOURCE: http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-hail-mary-prayer-came-to-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+taylormarshall+%28Canterbury+Tales+by+Taylor+Marshall%29