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**nor Hail Marys**

Hey, you read the Gospel of Luke,chapter 1, don't you?

Elizabeth.

41: When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,
42: cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. [Jesus]

Hail Mary, full of grace, The Lord is with you.

Blessed are you among women,

And blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.; And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord ¹⁴ should come to me?

Holy Mary Mother of God,

Pray for us sinners,

Now and at the hour of my death. Amen.

So you see the all of the Hail Mary part is from Scripture and I know that the first line of the second part is from the same passage. I'm sure the rest is in Scripture, I just can't pull it off my floppy disk (brain) right now. Blessings! Aren't you glad you asked?

When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. [Jesus]

Now, the literal translation: [Luke 1:41-42] And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, and spake out with a loud voice, and said, 'Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.

This is how you folks end up making a goddess out of her, by embellishing what the scriptures actually say. She is referred to as blessed....not "most" blessed. She was a very ordinary, young Jewish girl. Anything other than that....our Saviour would have had an unfair advantage at human existence....and his sacrifice would therefore be meaningless.