The words of the Hail Mary Prayer has many musical settings but the composition Ave Maria is the most popular.

Hail Mary Prayer : The English lyrics of the Hail Mary prayerĬoncise Biography - Franz Schubert - Composer of Ave Maria Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee Īnd blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Hail Mary Prayer : The English text of the Hail Mary prayer Hail Mary Prayer : The Latin lyrics of the Hail Mary prayer Hail Mary Prayer : The Latin text of the Hail Mary prayerĮt benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with Thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. The word 'Amen' is an expression and assertion of faith used at the end of all Christian prayers and literally means 'So be it'. The second half of the Hail Mary prayer 'Holy Mary.' was added at sometime during the 16th century. Luke and join together the words of the Angel Gabriel at the Annunciation (Luke 1:28) with Elizabeth's greeting to Mary at the Visitation (Luke 1:42). This was when the first part of the Hail Mary prayer evolved and is referred to as the Scriptural part. The Virgin Mary, or Madonna is portrayed in a variety of recurring symbolic themes throughout religious documents and illustrations in the Middle Ages. This incorporated far-reaching changes in spiritual life and the growth of the reverence to the Virgin Mary - a figure relatively unimportant in the Christianity of earlier centuries.

Words to the hail mary in latin