Finally, the petition “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Elizabeth (Luke, i, 42), which attaches itself the more naturally to the first part, because the words “benedicta to in mulieribus” (i, 28) or “inter mulieres” (i, 42) are common to both salutations. The second, “and blessed is the fruit of thy womb (Jesus)”, is borrowed from the Divinely inspired greeting of St. The first, “Hail (Mary) full of grace, the Lord Is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women”, embodies the words used by the Angel Gabriel in saluting the Blessed Virgin (Luke, i, 28). It is commonly described as consisting of three parts.
The Hail Mary (sometimes called the “Angelical salutation”, sometimes, from the first words of its Latin form, the “Ave Maria”) is the most familiar of all the prayers used by the Universal Church in honor of our Blessed Lady.
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