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Prayers to the Virgin Mary: Hail Mary, Memorare, Hail Holy Queen and More

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Summary

  • The Hail Mary joins the greetings of Gabriel and Elizabeth (Luke 1:28, 42) to a request for Mary’s prayers; it is said ten times in each decade of the Rosary.
  • The Memorare, “We fly to thy patronage” and Hail, Holy Queen are quoted from the 1888 Manual of Prayers; the Catholic Encyclopedia ascribes the Salve Regina to Hermann Contractus.
  • The Orthodox hymn “More honourable than the Cherubim” is quoted from Hapgood’s 1906 service book, and the German prayer “Jungfrau, Mutter Gottes mein” is given in English.
  • Mary’s own song, the Magnificat (Luke 1:46–55), is sung in Anglican Evening Prayer and Orthodox Matins.
  • Catholics and Orthodox ask Mary’s prayers; the Catechism (paragraph 971) says this devotion “differs essentially” from the adoration given to God, while most Protestants pray to God alone.

“Hail, Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.” That is the Hail Mary, the best-known Catholic prayer to the Virgin. The Hail Mary This English form is printed in the Manual of Prayers of 1888, the prayer book prepared by order of the Third Plenary Council…

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Bibliography (Click to show)
  • Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Luke 1:38, 46–55; 2:19; John 2:5; 19:25; Acts 1:14). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
  • The Holy Bible, Douay-Rheims Version, Luke 1:28, 42. Project Gutenberg eBook no. 1581. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1581
  • A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. Hail Mary, p. 34; “We fly to thy patronage,” p. 65; Salve Regina, pp. 79–80; Rosary and Memorare, pp. 381–382. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
  • Hapgood, Isabel Florence, trans. Service Book of the Holy Orthodox-Catholic Apostolic (Greco-Russian) Church. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1906. Matins, p. 33. https://www.ponomar.net/data/hapgood.pdf
  • The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Evening Prayer, Magnificat, p. 26; Articles of Religion, Article XXII, p. 607. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
  • Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2nd ed. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1997. Paragraph 971. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2C.HTM
  • Schrantz, Charles. “Claude Bernard.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02496c.htm
  • Henry, Hugh. “Salve Regina.” The Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13409a.htm
  • Radio Maria Österreich. “Jungfrau, Mutter Gottes mein.” Gebetsbuch. https://www.radiomaria.at/gebetsbuch/jungfrau-mutter-gottes-mein/

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