Devotion with 2000 Hail Marys

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This devotion is beautiful! Yes, it can be done and I have participated in it for the past three months with a group from my parish. We begin at 8:00 in the morning, take short breaks after set of 500 Hail Marys. We stop and pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3:00 and usually end by 6:00 in the evening. It is difficult to describe the rhythm of prayer that develops as the day progresses. It is truly devout, heartfelt and joyous. The 20 petitions cover our Blessed Mother’s requests and universal needs. If you can find a way to participate at least once…you will not regret it.
 
It’s a local devotion that had been in our country for quite some time now. Considering that most Filipinos are devoted to the Blessed Virgin and are quite communal, the devotion of the 2K Hail Mary’s is [just my honest opinion] quite similar to that of the Block Rosary - it provides an opportunity for friends and neighbors to pray together and to bond as well. Considering its time constraints, it is done usually for grave reasons. A recent example would be just this morning when our parochial vicar led us in a whole day recitation of the 2K. I have a few pixs on my Facebook account, especially on this page of the parishioners doing the 2K :

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Just let me know if the link opened or not. When I said grave reason, I meant the more serious reasons i.e. we just had our national elections earlier.

Rachelle

PS. We take turns when the call of nature hits or if there is a need to catch a quick bite. The idea here is to make the “quickie” as fast and as unobtrusive as you can.
 
Grrrrr … Tested my own link and it did not seem to work. Will try posting links in this post… this was taken this morning while the Philippine National Elections was on-gong [and was the reason why the 2K Hail Mary devotion was held in our parish]

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Fr. Tisoy our parochial vicar leading the community in the praying of the 2000 Hail Mary’s

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After 300 or so Hail Mary’s, one really has to stretch their knees a bit …

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As I said, the 2000 Hail Marys is also an opportunity for the community and priest to bond.

Rachelle
 
Five decades of the Rosary takes me about 25 minutes.

Doing 2000 Ave Marias sounds like a penance - but I admire the ones that are going to do it and am sure God will hear the intention behind their prayers.
 
Lol! This thread turned into a ‘who can say the rosary the slowest’ contest.

I usually take 20 minutes to complete a set of mysteries - I say them normal paced but I do talk fast.

2000 Hail Marys reminds me of our college’s devotion, the ‘Memorare Army’ where all signed up promise to say 1000 Memorare’s over the summer for the intentions of Benedict College’s growth and all it’s students… except we only say 1000 over a whole summer! 2000 in one day, wow!
 
I’ll be participating in the 2000 Hail Marys prayer at St. Therese Church in Alhambra on May 29 this year (2010). I will come back and post once I’ve done it. I have never done it before, but I’m in a place in my life where I need the devotion time, and this is something I’m really looking forward to. Wish us luck and pray for me, please. 🙂
 
Teakafrog said:
It takes me at LEAST half an hour to pray one rosary (one set of mysteries). Any faster, and I’m just rote reciting, not meditating on the prayers. I don’t think it’s possible, unless you’re just rattling them off as fast as you can. And what’s the purpose of that? :confused:
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Some folks may rote recite, but majority adjust the length of time according to their pace. When we did our 2K, it took us longer as most folks sort of followed a certain ‘cadenza’ or pace of recitation which is meditative. A few however, a bit sadly to admit, did their turn, yeah, rote recitation. It all is up to the leader how he/she does it. Fr. Tisoy, our PV, also did his turn ala cadenza. So its all up to the leader to dictate the speed
 
roveau said:
Five decades of the Rosary takes me about 25 minutes.

Doing 2000 Ave Marias sounds like a penance - but I admire the ones that are going to do it and am sure God will hear the intention behind their prayers.
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After 200 Hail Mary’s, it starts feeling like a real penance. However, no one ever said that from time to time, you can’t get off your knees and onto your butt :eek: The idea here is that after giving your knees a rest, get back on them. Try not to literally sit the whole thing out. I think the photos I posted will show that 🤷

Incidentally, Fr. Tisoy mentioned that the 2K can be used for different reasons. When he was assigned to the seminary as professor, he would do the 2k with his students twice a year - once every semester. I didn’t ask, but I assume that it’s done before the Finals when definitely all the students needed as much prayer power as they can get their hands on 😉
 
Jerok said:
Lol! This thread turned into a ‘who can say the rosary the slowest’ contest.

I usually take 20 minutes to complete a set of mysteries - I say them normal paced but I do talk fast.

2000 Hail Marys reminds me of our college’s devotion, the ‘Memorare Army’ where all signed up promise to say 1000 Memorare’s over the summer for the intentions of Benedict College’s growth and all it’s students… except we only say 1000 over a whole summer! 2000 in one day, wow!
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Actually, I have always believed that speed of recitation has nothing to do with the seriousness by which one makes the Rosary. If rapid recitation is a no-no and a sign of carelessness, I know of quite a number of priests and nuns [including the priest who was my former Spiritual Director in the Third Order of Preachers] who would qualify for damned sinners - IF that basis was applied to them. Sometimes, I myself take twenty, thirty minutes to finish my Rosary, sometimes an hour. I have no fixed time. And many times, I am unaware that, to the ears of those who can hear me reciting, I sound like I’m rushing it, yet in my inner consciousness, I have lost track of time as I am at that moment - which incidentally has a feeling of timelessness - enjoying a nice little chat with Mama Mary. 👍
 
magikalfaithful said:
I’ve been hearing about this devotion for quite some time, and I was wondering if anyone knew more about it, and if there are any other ressources out there pertaining to it? A simple google search led me to this site: 2000hailmarys.org/

but I was wondering if there was more to this devotion…
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wow…2000 hail marys would take all day to say but imagine what spiritual benefits you would reap:)
 
I have attended a 2000 Hail Mary group a couple years ago when I was still single. Now that I am married with two kids, I would like to return and have my family involved and exposed to it.

I live in Sacramento, CA, and there is a 2000 Hail Mary prayer group that takes turns hosting on the first Saturday of each month. It starts at about 8am-6pm. There is Mass held inside the hosting house at about 3pm.

The groups of families rotate praying the rosary to cover all the petitions and 2000 Hail Marys.
Individually, this is very difficult to do, but as a community within the Church, YES, it can be done easily. It’s was fun when I last participated. We talked, ate, and spent time in prayer and fellowship.

The devotion came from the Philippines, so practically everyone there was Filipino. I got involved initially because they needed an accompanist/musician for the Mass. I look forward to joining again. I feel God is calling once again to meet Him in this experience/meditation/fellowship. “Mother of God, pray for us.”
 
I just did the 2000 Hail Mary’s devotion today. Lasted 9-6:30. I really enjoyed it. We started the day by praying all 4 mysteries of the rosary (about an hour 1/2). Then everyone recites a prre-prepared petition followed by 100 Hail Mary’s straight. There are 20 petitions. The petitions were wonderful and parishoners were also able to offer their invididual petions. I hope this devotion continues to spread! :amen
 
This is a letter that I sent out today to my email friends. It will explain the 2000 Hail Marys.

Friends…I attended this devotion today and I am going to try to attend every second Saturday. This devotion was brought to the USA by our Filipino parishioners My research shows this was inspired by Pope John Paul 11 Please go to the link below to learn about it and hopefully you will begin to attend also. When you arrive you receive a book of petitions and a special 100 bead rosary. The petitions reminded me of Divine Mercy Petitions. 100 Hail Marys are said for each petition. I stayed for the 100 Hail Marys. It took 22 minutes. Next time I am hoping to be able to stay for the 200 Hail Marys. People come and go
 
Although there is an opportunity to pray all the mysteries of the rosary at the start (and in a contemplative manner), the 2000 devotion is an opportunity to pray 100 hail Marys for 20 preplanned petitions. each petition is of interest and concern to our faith (ex, prayer for our bishops, prayer against abortion etc). Participants also have an opportunity opportunity to write their own intentions which are prayed over confidently and burned. It is a wonderful devotion and fulfilling day. Lunch us served by most host churches.
 
In our part of the world, we have a devotion to Our Lady, Mary Mediatrix of All Grace where her image is transferred from house to house every month. Upon arrival of the image to the host family, the 2000 Hail Marys will be recited with relatives and friends. We usually do this in 2 days because it takes 4 hours to recite 1000 Hail Marys.

There is a pious belief assuring that any grace asked from Mama Mary will be granted whoever prays the 2000 Hail Marys.

For more information on the devotion, please write Mission Salesiana PO Box 6889 Santa Ana, CA 92706

and marianmessenger.ph/index.php/maian-feature
 
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