Peter Damian (1007-1072), a Camaldolese monk who later became a cardinal and then Doctor of the Church, called it the angelic, or evangelical, prayer and recommended it. The Hail Mary was not a popular prayer before the 11th century, when the practice began of reciting the twofold salutation as part of the prayers of some monastic communities. Some say it was Pope Urban IV (1261-64) who added the word "Jesus" to the angelic salutation. The Hail Mary gradually developed from the sixth to 16th centuries, when the present wording was adopted as general liturgical usage.
The prayer was also used in this form during the Middle Ages. In the seventh, they made their way into the Roman collection of prayers as an offertory text for the feast of the Annunciation and the Fourth Sunday of Advent. In the sixth century, these first two portions of the prayer were found as a single formula in ancient liturgies. The next part of the prayer uses the words of Mary's cousin Elizabeth, who, filled with the Holy Spirit, greeted Mary upon her arrival with a loud voice and the words: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb" (Lk 1:42). The Hail Mary also is known as "The Angelic Salutation" because its first words come directly from the Gospel account of the angel Gabriel's greeting to Mary with the good news that she was to be the mother of the Messiah (see Lk 1:28). Its adherents range from toddlers, lisping their first memorized prayer, to operatic divas performing classical arrangements of the "Ave Maria." Without doubt, the Hail Mary is the most popular Marian prayer today. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus. Catholics who use these familiar gems may appreciate them even more when they know something about their origins - from scriptural verses to the plea of a bedridden cripple.
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