Ave Marias
Catholic prayer recitations
Ave Marias are recitations of the Hail Mary, a traditional Catholic prayer addressed to the Virgin Mary.
The Latin phrase means "Hail Mary" and begins the prayer.
Ave Marias appear in devotional practice, often counted on rosary beads, and in musical settings by composers from Schubert to Beyoncé: She sang three Ave Marias at the funeral.
- Hail MaryCatholic Marian invocation
- prayersReverent petitions to deity
- Blessed VirginMary, sinless and divine
- Holy MotherSacred feminine religious title
- litaniesRepetitive formal prayers
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