How does saying the "Hail Mary's" Come into connection with the Bible??
Just want an understanding of it.
Thank you.
2007-08-26 10:46:23 · 11 answers · asked by Bobbie 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Mr. Beam I've read my Bible just fine!
but thanks for the info.
2007-08-26 10:54:44 · update #1
Thank you Mr. Lawerance.
I am a nondenominational_Christian just wanted to learn about the Hail Mary thing.
2007-08-26 11:51:52 · update #2
Why can't a question just be a question? w/out speculation that one would want to convert someone?
2007-08-26 12:09:19 · update #3
+ Mary and the Other Saints +
Before Jesus Christ died for our sins and opened the gates of heaven there were no saints in heaven. Therefore there are no Old Testament writings that would mention them.
Very few of the new Christians died before most of the New Testament was written. Therefore there is little in the Bible about asking saints to pray for us.
However the last book of the Bible does talk about the saints in heaven praying.
Revelation 5:8: Each of the elders held a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of the holy ones.
Revelation 8:3-4: He was given a great quantity of incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the holy ones, on the gold altar that was before the throne. The smoke of the incense along with the prayers of the holy ones went up before God from the hand of the angel.
The Holy Spirit guided the early Church in many things not explained in the Bible including how does the Body of Christ (believers) living on Earth relate to the Body of Christ (saints) living in heaven. We are still one Body.
Catholics share the belief in the Communion of Saints with many other Christians, including the Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopal, and Methodist Churches.
The Communion of Saints is the belief where all saints are intimately related in the Body of Christ, a family. When you die and go to heaven, you do not leave this family.
Everyone in heaven or on their way to heaven are saints, you, me, my deceased grandmother, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mother Teresa and Pope John Paul II.
As part of this family, you may ask your family and friends living here on earth to pray for you. Or, you may also ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Andrew, or your deceased grandmother living in heaven to pray for you.
Prayer to saints in heaven is simple communication, not worship.
Asking others to pray for you whether your loved ones on Earth or your loved ones in heaven is always optional.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 946 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art9p5.htm#946
+ The Hail Mary +
"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you" (Luke 1:28)
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Luke 1:42).
The Hail Mary prayer simply recites Bible passages (the Word of God) and asks Mary to pray for us:
Hail Mary Full of grace, the Lord is with you. (These are the words the angel Gabriel said to Mary, a Bible quote.)
Blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. (This is Mary's cousin Elizabeth's greeting, another bible quote.)
Holy Mary, (The angel Gabriel said she was full of grace and Elizabeth said she was blessed.)
Mother of God, (the Bible says Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, God the Son)
Pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. (A simple request to pray for us.)
Amen.
In Luke 1:48, Mary prophesied: "From henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."
A question for Christians who take the Bible literally: Do you call Mary "blessed"? If no, why?
+ With love in Christ.
2007-08-26 16:54:40 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I was raised Catholic, although I am spiritual now and I am not sure. I use to say Hail Mary's, Our Father's all the time when I was little, this was the only prayer that I knew. Now my prayers are more like talking to God, although I realize when I do say those prayers as an enlightened soul, a peaceful feeling comes over me. I feel a physical light enter my body.
2007-08-26 10:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First, Catholics are born returned Christians. in case you have been Catholic you ought to comprehend this. i would be unable to count variety how many situations I truthfully have heard born returned by way of baptism in church. 2d, i pass to mass faithfully and the readings and sermon are diverse a week. Is it conceivable you have been a C&E (Christmas and Easter) Catholic and for that reason in basic terms ever heard the Christmas and Easter centers? it somewhat is the only way i will think of which you may have heard the comparable sermon each time. finally, as you have already shown an inclination to be swayed via rhetoric (you left the Catholic church because of the fact it substitute into no longer the actual church even even with the shown fact that it substitute into based via Christ Himself and has existed for over 2000 years) i could hesitate to affiliate with communities you planned to be cults. you would be swayed and next element you recognize you would be a JW or a Mormon because of the fact you found out baptists are no longer the actual church.
2016-11-13 11:03:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from the Bible: "Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you" is when the angel came to Mary to announce the Father's plan for her. "Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb" when her cousin greeted her when she came to visit.....etc. If you read the Bible you would know the answers to your question.
2007-08-26 10:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The hail mary thing got started as a cult in the early catholic church, well pre-medieval church I suppose and it's popularity grew into full endorsement by Rome. I think that some wise people understood that it served as a good way to balance the patriarchal male deity with a gentler more nurturing female essence. You can google to find out the exact dates and such. The catholic church has been growing and changing for almost 2000 years, pretty amazing phenomenon.
2007-08-26 17:44:57 · answer #5 · answered by Micheal M 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No Mary ... no Jesus.
No Jesus ... no Church and no Bible.
These four were forever and irrevocably united, by the power of God, for the purpose of our salvation.
Those who make good use of the "Hail Mary" prayer ... particularly as part of the Rosary devotion ... have ample time and opportunity to reflect on this ... to understand it ... and to thank God for it.
See how simple that was?
2007-08-26 11:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The first part of the prayer is taken straight from Luke 1:28 and Luke 1:42.
The second part just asks her to pray for us - which she must be able to do since she's in Heaven.
2007-08-26 10:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by kcchaplain 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
it doesn't come into connection with the Bible. But because she was the mother of Christ, they believe that she is worthy of honor. Also, Catholicism was created after men not the Bible.
--your friendly ex-catholic
2007-08-26 10:54:28 · answer #8 · answered by motroo 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
its in the catechism
a book of prayer and thought
2007-08-26 10:51:04 · answer #9 · answered by walter e 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ah, there is more to the world than the bible. Don't be such a loser.
2007-08-26 10:49:32 · answer #10 · answered by puerile 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋