[Enosh]

"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."

The proddie gripe here is twofold.

• "Holy Mary"

  Some may disagree with the Catholic doctrine which holds that Mary was without sin, therefore the "Holy" designation would be inappropriate.

• "pray for us sinners"

  Some disagree with the practice of asking saints, (or angels), for intercession. Only prayer to God is appropriate.

[Suzy Quzy]

If the proddie’s don’;t like it, they don’t have to do it.....we don’t care what they do, just leave us alone.

[Gumdrop]

“Holy Mary” -— Can smoeone please explain to me, a cradle catholis, why the term “Holy Mary” is considered to be inappropriate for the the Mother of Lour Lord and Redeemer?

This is a serious question as it puzzles me. If one is a Christian, and one understands that God, the Father, selected Mary to become the mother of the Messiah, the Annointed one, then why would anyone think that God who is all Holy and Almighty, would allow his only-begotten
Son to become man in the womb of an unholy woman?

I really do not understand why there should be any question about the holiness of Mary. She was created and selected by God to fulfill this most important female role in the history of mankind.