why do Catholics say hell Mary?

Question

just do not know why catholic's focus so much on Mary i was just wandering i really don't know

sorry hail i did not know that just seen it on TV and got to thinking why is hail mary said as many times as Jesus

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure they say "Hail Mary", actually. But as to your question, Catholicism generally seems to place more emphasis than Protestantism on the intermediaries between man and God. The whole structure of the religion, with the Church as an essential for salvation, going to confession, etc, reflects this idea. Mary, like the numerous other saints, is sort of a person you go to in order to petition God/Jesus on someone's behalf. However, contrary to what some suspect, Catholics do not actually worship Mary (or the saints) in an idolatrous sort of way. They're just kind of accessory to the main deal. I'm not a Catholic myself, but this is how my Catholic friends seem to see it.

Answer 2

First of all, it’s "Hail Mary" =)
Catholics believe that Jesus is God - the Word made flesh. God could have chosen any woman throughout all of history to be His mother, and he picked her. The thought is, that for God to have chosen Mary, out of all the women to ever live, she had to have been a woman of extraordinary purity and grace - unlike anyone else.
The focus on Mary as the chosen “Mother of God” can be misleading to Non-Catholics, who often mistake the respect for her as a form of worship. It’s more of an honor thing, a special reverence for a uniquely holy person who lived a very holy life in service to God.

Answer 3

Catholic's really treat the Blessed Virgin highly.
I don't know why.

And also, it's the Hail Mary.

Hail Mary, full of grace
The Lord is with you
Blessed are thou amongst 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

Answer 4

It's actually 'Hail Mary' and Mary should have some remembrance. I mean she was holy enough that God decided to send Jesus down in her womb. She doesnt deserve to be considered a God but she does deserve to be recognized as the mother of Jesus.


And Jesussaves ... you are an idiot --- definition of mother is one who gives birth and raises a child --- she was the mother --- and Mary was barren before giving birth to Jesus --- if you want to talk scripts look at the Torah and other Judaic scripts --- the actual hebrew scripts that the Bible is taken from --- Mary wasn't a virgin --- Mary was born of a virgin (which fulfilled the ancient prophecy: The messiah will be born of a mother of virgin birth) ... and last but not least Jesus was the son of Mary because she prayed to God asking for a son because she was barren and promised the son to God in return ... Read the book of Miriam (Judaic Scripts)

Answer 5

As the others have said, it's Hail Mary. But your question was really why we give reverence to her, I don't feel like writing the whole reason here, but it's because she is Jesus Christ's mother.

Answer 6

Correction:- it is Hail Mary

And to answer your question: this is a prayer that is in the dotrine of the Roman Catholic Church. The prayer is meant as a plea to Mary on behalf of the person praying, it is certainly not biblical.

Answer 7

It's hail Mary. I don't know other than she is the mother of Jesus.

I'm not Catholic so I really don't know.

Answer 8

It's not hell Mary, it's Hail Mary

Answer 9

The don't. They say "Hail Mary Full of Grace." Which is a combination of these two verses "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women" (Luke 1:28) and "Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb" (Luke 1:42) The opening word of greeting, χαῖρε (chaire), here translated "Hail", literally has the meaning "Rejoice", "Be happy". This was the normal greeting in the language in which Saint Luke's Gospel is written and continues to be used in modern Greek.

Answer 10

We repeat what the angel said to her when he announced that she was to be the Mother of Christ.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

We then add a request.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

There's a lot of theology in that little prayer. A lot of food for thought.

And Catholics figure, knowing Jesus as we do, that you simply cannot go wrong by being nice to his mother. After all, when you stop and think about it, He's a nice Jewish boy and you know how they feel about their mothers. So we make nice on her.

Then there's the knowledge that as He was dying on that cross, He looked at John and said, "Son, behold your mother. Mother, behold your son." And from that moment, John took her into his keeping. We feel that Jesus gave her to all of us as a mother with John as our proxy.

We love our mother! And from Guadalupe to Fatima, she's shown that she loves us.

So yeah, we're kinda partial to her.

*Btw, have you folks figured out yet just WHY God came to earth as a human MALE, when He'd created both genders in His image?
It's because you guys NEEDED that extreme an example. For us gals, the right woman was all we needed. And in Mary, we got her.


*written w/tongue firmly planted in cheek.