At 06:44 PM 9/23/98 -0400, Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
>When you see reference in penetential literature to something like "saying
>three Aves" is the Ave in question simply the short "Ave Maria," (which can
>be said in a few seconds) or does it refer to a longer devotion made up of
>many Aves? If the latter, what sort of form did these prayers take?
>
The Ave Maria (Hail Mary) is a longer Catholic prayer, derived in part from
the Gospel of Luke. The Rosary, a cyclical meditation on the lives of Mary
& Christ, is comprised of ten repetitions of the Ave Maria prayer,
introduced by the Pater Noster (Our Father) and concluded with the Gloria
Patri (Glory Be to the Father), a sequence that is repeated five times.
The English translation of the Ave Maria:
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.
Thomas Long, Ph.D.
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