Mary Mother of God
Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
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, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
The Goodness of the Lord
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.
After the Our Father, we Catholics say the Hail Mary as a common prayer. After the Eucharist and the sacraments, common prayers make us Catholics a family of God. We say these prayers anytime anywhere, but daily or weekly routines, personal or public, serve best to remind us of our communion with God and with one another, sinners and saints, living and dead. Our communion with God begins and ends in Jesus Christ, in whom the human and divine Son has been made manifest to humanity.
Hail Mary, full of grace! The Lord is with you. (Luke 1:28)
With this greeting, the angel Gabriel announces the conception of Jesus in the womb of Mary: God enters into the world in the flesh.
Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. Luke (1:42)
As Gabriel speaks on behalf of heaven, Elizabeth responds on behalf of earth in receiving the good news: God blesses humanity with his own presence.
In the Hail Mary, we proclaim the blessedness, not only of Mary, the first fruit of salvation in Jesus Christ, but also, in the fullness of time to come, of those who proclaim the mystery of the Incarnation in their lowliness.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
The simple, yet powerful petition the Church offers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, acknowledging her as the mother of our Lord and of the new creation, proclaims once again the communion we sinners believe in the Incarnation, the mystery of mercy and love, the mystery to be celebrated now and to be realized at the moment of our death and beyond.
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. (Luke 1:47-48)
We the faithful are never tired of singing the goodness of the Lord in and with Mary, the new Eve.
Fr. Tran
What God has done for the Favored One:
The Immaculate Conception of Mary
The Divine Motherhood of Mary
The Blessed Virginity of Mary
The Glorious Assumption of Mary
Our Lady of the Rosary
Marian Feast Days
January 1 • Mary Mother of God
February 11 • Our Lady of Lourdes
March 25 • The Annunciation
May 13 • Our Lady of Fatima
June 1 • Mary Mother of the Church
June 20 • The Immaculate Heart of Mary
August 15 • The Assumption of Mary
August 22 • The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 8 • The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September 12 • The Most Holy Name of Mary
September 15 • Our Lady of Sorrow
October 7 • Our Lady of the Rosary
November 21 • The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
December 8 • The Immaculate Conception of Mary
December 12 • Our Lady of Guadalupe