In the “In Brief” section explaining the Incarnation, we read: “At the time appointed by God, the only Son of the Father, the eternal Word that is, the Word and substantial Image of the Father, became incarnate without losing his divine nature he has assumed human nature.

The moment when Mary said “yes” and Jesus was conceived in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit is called the Incarnation. And he came to her and said, ‘Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!”

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David and the virgin’s name was Mary. The first half of the Hail Mary comes from Luke 1:26-56, when the Angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she had been called to be the Mother of Jesus, the Son of God: In this traditional, time-honored prayer, we humbly ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus, to pray for us.

The Hail Mary prayer (also known as the “Ave Maria” prayer, from its first words in Latin) is a well-loved, beautiful prayer.

Hail mary in latin pdf