Do only Catholics pray the Hail Mary?

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Or do Orthodox and certain Protestant denominations pray it as well?
 
Anglo-catholics certainly do. I’ve been to a service before at such a church including the Hail Mary that was eerily like a Catholic Mass (translation 2 Novus Ordo though which may have given it away to a shrewd observer). I prayed the Hail Mary for some three years before converting.
 
The Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics pray “Rejoice, O Virgin, Theotokos, Mary full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. For you gave birth to Christ the Savior and Redeemer of our souls.”
 
Our parish has a group that goes to nursing homes to lead the rosary. Of the people that attend, the majority are probably Protestant. Protestants aren’t historically known for their recitation of the Hail Mary or the rosary, but that does not mean that individuals cannot do so or even whole churches. It is probably more common among more “high-church” Protestants.

Even in the early days of Protestantism, there wasn’t unanimous agreement that prayer to Mary was idolatrous. Oecolampadius was one Reformer that taught the intercession of Mary.
 
I know Coptic Orthodox people that say the rosary so yes. I also met a Buddhist while living in a lay/ecumenical community that would say the rosary.
 
My parish used to do a sung Angelus after each Sunday Mass. This is now a spoken Angelus, after the Wed. night Mass.
 
IGotQuestions said:
Or do Orthodox and certain Protestant denominations pray it as well?
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I think a few evangelical college and professional football players pray it at key times of their football games 😃

In all seriousness, I typically don’t say it but I found myself saying the Hail Mary last year once during a serious tornado outbreak in my area in which a tornado was bearing down on my location, along with praying to God the Father and Jesus.

In short, I felt a sense of peace and calm after that. I wouldn’t hesitate to say it again in the future. The tornado actually lifted back up into the clouds before it got to my immediate area. 👍
 
The Magnificat is in the Lutheran green hymnal - we sing it at Vespers.
 
The Anglo-Catholic parishes here say the Hail Mary at the end of intercessions (as indeed do Catholics in the UK) but they also sing the Angelus at the end of Mass, and in Eastertide sing Joy to thee O Queen of Heaven to the tune of Jesus Christ is risen today, which is rather jolly.
 
RyanBlack said:
The Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholics pray “Rejoice, O Virgin, Theotokos, Mary full of grace. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. For you gave birth to Christ the Savior and Redeemer of our souls.”
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A Lutheran can proclaim this with no difficulty

Jon
 
liturgyluver said:
The Anglo-Catholic parishes here say the Hail Mary at the end of intercessions (as indeed do Catholics in the UK) but they also sing the Angelus at the end of Mass, and in Eastertide sing Joy to thee O Queen of Heaven to the tune of Jesus Christ is risen today, which is rather jolly.
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Sounds lovely.
 
Luther’s Evangelical Praise of the Mother of God
O Blessed Virgin, Mother of God, what great comfort God has shown us in you, by so graciously regarding your unworthiness and low estate. This encourages us to believe that henceforth He will not despise us poor and lowly ones, but graciously regard us also, according to your example.
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For the Lutheran, the pre-Trent version of the Hail Mary is appropriate: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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The Magnificat is in the Lutheran green hymnal - we sing it at Vespers.
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As far as I know, the Magnificat has always been part of Lutheran Vespers, though some rubrics call/allow for the substitution of the Song of Simeon instead. Odd, since Lutherans usually save that one for after receiving Communion. I’m guessing German-speaking American Lutherans inherited that quirk from the Anglicans when they taught us how to worship in English. Anybody know what European Lutheran practice is? Father K, are you around?

Anyway, it’s on page 231 in the ‘new’ Maroon hymnal (Lutheran Service Book) as the main Canticle in the Vespers service, after the readings/sermon and before the Kyrie and prayers. It’s also on page 248 in the Evening Prayer service. And a pretty four-part arrangement adapted to rhyme like a hymn can be found on page 934.
 
steido01 said:
As far as I know, the Magnificat has always been part of Lutheran Vespers, though some rubrics call/allow for the substitution of the Song of Simeon instead. Odd, since Lutherans usually save that one for after receiving Communion. I’m guessing German-speaking American Lutherans inherited that quirk from the Anglicans when they taught us how to worship in English. Anybody know what European Lutheran practice is? Father K, are you around?

Anyway, it’s on page 231 in the ‘new’ Maroon hymnal (Lutheran Service Book) as the main Canticle in the Vespers service, after the readings/sermon and before the Kyrie and prayers. It’s also on page 248 in the Evening Prayer service. And a pretty four-part arrangement adapted to rhyme like a hymn can be found on page 934.
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As I have pointed out, the Marian words are commonplace in Anglicanism. The Ave, the Angelus, and, as last night, the Magnificat
 
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