Not quite following you...
Mary’s been dead awhile, now.
What’s a Hail Mary all about?
Is she is Heaven, Limbo, or sleeping until the Resurrection?
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
New King James Version (NKJV)
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.[a]
15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
How did Elijah get to heaven?
How did Enoch get to heaven?
Where is Mary’s body or tomb?
Have you read any of the Early Church Fathers that knew the Apostles? If you had, you might know the answers to your own questions!!
Why not think about my questions and give some answer?
Do you have Luke 1:26 and onward in your Bible? What does it say?
Mine talks the Angel Gabriel addressing Mary in this way, “Hail Mary, full of grace.”
The Elizabeth at the Visitation greets Mary, “Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb.”
The word Jesus was added later......so straight from the Bible we have the first half of the Hail Mary.
The second half,
Holy Mary is our greeting toward her.
“Mother of God”
Again, Elizabeth filled with the Holy Spirit says to Mary, “And how is this that the mother of my Lord should visit me.”
So we get the second line, Mothr of God,
The last two lines are a simple petition because she is alive in heaven, “Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.”
Did that help?
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.
That’s the “Hail, Mary.”
What about it is a problem?