Q&A for How to Say the Hail Mary Prayer

Yes. If you pray sincerely and believe strongly that your prayers will be answered, they are bound to be. It is important to be positive and have faith.

Yes, they can. Everyone can pray. God doesn't distinguish people.

Yes, of course. God LOVES when you talk to Him from your heart. If you have a certain prayer for Him, don't hesitate to pray it!

It is great that you are trying to develop a relationship with her. Find something in common with her, like being a mother, chastity, or trying to be holy.

You are asking Mary to pray for you not only now, but also when you die.

No, there is not a shorter way to say the Hail Mary prayer when praying the rosary; saying the entire prayer is how God and Mary intended for the rosary to be prayed. If you want a shorter prayer that is still said on rosary beads, I recommend the Divine Mercy Chaplet, which should take around 7 minutes.

You are being requested to recite this cherished Catholic prayer, said in honour of the Virgin Mary, at an appropriate time during the funeral service. It is short and easy to memorize.

Yes. It has the same meaning, so there is no problem.

Wow. I would start by trying to remember when you saw Mary as well as you can. Then, think about what she might be trying to say to you. Lastly, contact a Catholic priest and tell him what happened as well.

Yes. We must all pray for one another, and Mary prays for all of us. Mary is Our Lord's Blessed Mother, and Our Blessed Mother too.

Mother Mary and I were actually great friends in a past life (I am part of a small sect of Christianity that believes in reincarnation). Sometimes she will come to me in dreams; she has blessed me with prophetic visions and when I have an episode in which I receive visions about the future I see her. It is very possible that your friend also has this connection to Mother. I would tell your friend to prepare for prophetic and mystical experiences, for they typically follow after having seen her.

Yes. These words mean the same thing, and this adds emphasis on how Mary was the mother of God the Father. It's traditionally "Holy Mary, mother of God," but it's not wrong to say "Holy Mary, mother of our Father, Lord Jesus Christ."

The prayer is: Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. "Blessed are you among women" means that of all women, Mary is different. She is "full of grace" because she was an immaculate virgin.

The line is "and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus." The word thy refers to Mary. Fruit of refers to Jesus, indicated by the comma. It is not okay to substitute baby, when the line is about Jesus as being the fruit of Mary's womb.

Yes, you can. Prayers are in fact your message to God. You can pray your chosen prayers directly or you can start with the line, Hail Mary. However, Hail Mary is a full and complete prayer on its own. You can always pray how you feel like because God knows what you are feeling and that's how you want to connect with Him.

The Hail Mary prayer is for Mother Mary who was a human. She didn't create the world and is not God herself. Her sinless self led her to be chosen to be Jesus's earthly mother. This prayer was first said by Mary's sister Elizabeth out if reverence because she was carrying God in her womb. So, God's name is said at the end of prayers because we say it to God in Trinity i.e. the Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus, and the mystery of the Holy Spirit. Our prayers are answered by God and not by humans whom we worship like saints or prophets. They are like connecting spirits between God and us, if we have to refer our prayers to God through them.

Blessed among women means being blessed as compared to other women. She has been holy and sinless. So she conceived Jesus even when she was a virgin. So she is blessed among all the women. Full of grace signifies love of God. God saw her faith and sinless self and blessed her with the Holy Spirit. Grace if a gift from the Holy spirit. She was so good that her goodness filled her with a lot of grace from God. The grace was filled in her soul and entire being. It was meant spiritually.

Anyone can pray the Rosary. You don't have to be a Catholic in order to say it. You can even say it with the intention of helping your life partner with cancer.

The Holy Ghost is the third person of the Holy Trinity. Christians believe that there are three persons in one God. This is called the trinity. The three persons in one God are God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost.

When we say in the Hail Mary prayer that Mary is "full of grace" we don't mean that she is God's favorite woman. God loves everyone equally. He doesn't have a "favorite" person. It simply means that Mary is a very holy person. When we say that Mary is "blessed among women" we don't mean that she is loved by all people. There are many atheists and protestant Christians who pay her no mind. Saying she is "blessed among woman" means that she is a very holy woman and that god chose her, out of all woman, to become the mother of Jesus.

In the Catholic Church, there is the Trinity-- three in One. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit (who Christ sent to earth when Christ rose, ascended, into Heaven). Of your other question, you are referring to the Gloria Patri, which is also known as the "Glory Be to the Father" or, colloquially, the "Glory Be". It is a doxology, a statement of belief, as a short hymn of praise to God in various Christian liturgies. In the Bible, we are told to give glory to God, or to glorify him (praise him), in all things.

Fruit of the womb refers to Jesus Christ who grew in Mary's uterus. Hail is like saying Hello. Mary, full of grace, means Mary was without sin and chosen to bear Christ in Mary's womb, as his mother.

"The fruit of thy womb" refers to Jesus, since he was born of Mary. "Full of grace" means that Mary is full of God's love.

The fruit of Mary's body, meaning Jesus Christ. The fruit of a woman's body is her baby she is carrying.

"Blessed are you among women" is directly talking to Mary, and refers to Mary's holiness and purity that is innate, and is why she was chosen by God to bear Jesus. This phrase also refers to her being the Mother of Jesus, something that makes her different from other mothers.

Full of grace usually implies virtue from God, as is the case here.

Usually the words in a prayer are there for a reason (and are translated from Aramaic, Greek, Roman, etc.) and usually more directly portray the meaning in the original language. "Blessed is the fruit of thy womb" also is very different from "your child", as it refers to the holiness of Mary's conception and of Jesus, whom she carried in her womb. "Your child" doesn't completely cover the story.

When in the Hail Mary 'we' say "Our Father who art in Heaven", 'we' are referring to God, who lives in Heaven. When 'we' say "Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit", 'we' are referring to the Holy Trinity, which is The Father (God), The Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit.

No, that is fine. Other names “Mary, Mother of God” or "Mary, Queen of Heaven” can give some clarity as to who you're talking about, but there's nothing wrong with "Mary".

"Grace" means God's favor and "blessed" means highly favored by God as well. (Think of it as Mary being told she's the Chosen One) Similarly, Jesus ("the fruit of thy womb" is just a fancy way of saying "your child") is even more so the "Chosen One," as he's the Messiah destined to reconcile all of humanity to God.