Hail, Mary!
A short prayer to Mary, blended from the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel and the greeting of her cousin Elizabeth.
A short prayer to Mary, blended from the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel and the greeting of her cousin Elizabeth.
This famous acclamation joins the greeting of the Archangel Gabriel when he announced to Mary the conception of her child Jesus, to the greeting of her cousin Elizabeth when the two women, now both pregnant, subsequently met. In both East and West today, additional lines are usually added; in the service books of the English Church of the Middle Ages, these two lines were enough.
Hail, Mary!
HAIL, Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee.* Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.*
* The greeting of the Archangel Gabriel at the Annunication to Mary in Luke 1:26-35.
* The greeting of Mary’s cousin Elizabeth in Luke 1:39-45. Elizabeth was pregnant with John the Baptist.
The Hail Mary, set to music by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), and sung here by the Netherlands Chamber Choir, directed by Reinbert de Leeuw.
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Богородице дѣво, радѹйсѧ,
Благодатнаѧ Марїе,
Господь съ тобою:
благословена Ты въ женахъ,
и благословенъ плодъ чрева Твоегѡ;
якѡ Спаса родила еси дѹшъ нашихъ.
Hail, Mary, full of grace!
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
For thou has given birth to the Saviour of our souls.