Hail Mary: 'Our Lord' or 'The Lord'?

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I’m very new to the Catholic faith and have recently begun praying the Rosary daily. I have a fairly simple question, though I’ve been unable to find an answer anywhere online, so I was hoping someone could enlighten me. When I memorized the Hail Mary prayer, I used this website, which says the prayer goes:

‘Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee…’

However, right when I got used to praying with the ‘Our Lord,’ I noticed that most sources list the prayer as:

'Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee…’

I know it’s an incredibly minute detail and really doesn’t change the intent of the prayer, but being a perfectionist I would like to know which is the “official way” to recite the prayer (Or if both ways are equally correct).

Thank you!!
 
Every version I have seen (and prayed) has used the words “The Lord is with thee.” I was not aware that there was a version with “Our Lord.”
 
My entire life I have only heard, “The Lord is with thee.” The Latin original says Dominus tecum, as Latin does not have the article.
 
Since OT Jews did not use the word for ‘God’, He was always referred to as ‘The Lord’.
‘Our Lord’ refers to the 2nd person: Jesus Christ.

We asume the angel was referring to ‘The Lord’ i.e. God the Father
 
Chatter163 said:
My entire life I have only heard, “The Lord is with thee.” The Latin original says Dominus tecum, as Latin does not have the article.
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Yes, it’s “The Lord IS with thee” not “The Lord be with thee.”

Same with Dominus vobiscum.
 
Yeah it’s definitely the.
Only one I’ve ever heard, it’s what’s in Luke 1:28, and in Spanish we say “el señor es contigo,”(the Lord is with you) not “nuestro señor es contigo”(our)
 
The Hail Mary has been revised since when I was a child., I am school and liked the old missal and the original Hail Mary.
 
_Kevin said:
(I’m new here, so I hope this is the correct place to post this!)

I’m very new to the Catholic faith and have recently begun praying the Rosary daily. I have a fairly simple question, though I’ve been unable to find an answer anywhere online, so I was hoping someone could enlighten me. When I memorized the Hail Mary prayer, I used this website, which says the prayer goes:

'Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee…’

However, right when I got used to praying with the ‘Our Lord,’ I noticed that most sources list the prayer as:

'Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with thee…’

I know it’s an incredibly minute detail and really doesn’t change the intent of the prayer, but being a perfectionist I would like to know which is the “official way” to recite the prayer (Or if both ways are equally correct).

Thank you!!
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I simply do not know why people have to dabble with beautiful ancient prayers. I doubt if anything is morally wrong with “our Lord” but why change something as beautiful and the “Hail Mary”.

I am not criticizing Kevin. He is just beginning this wonderful journey with the Rosary and I am sure “Our Lady” approves of his efforts and loves him dearly. So Kevin do not give up on the Rosary ever ever ever.

My complaint is with whoever it is who feels that he or she can improve on perfection.
 
Alloy1 said:
The Hail Mary has been revised since when I was a child., I am school and liked the old missal and the original Hail Mary.
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How has it been changed? I know that the word “thee” is sometimes stated as “you” and “art Thou” to “are you”.

I of course prefer “Hail Mary full of Grace. The Lord is with Thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb. Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death. Amen.”

Can anything be more beautiful?
 
HelenRose said:
How has it been changed? I know that the word “thee” is sometimes stated as “you” and “art Thou” to “are you”.

I of course prefer “Hail Mary full of GraceThe Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of Thy Womb - Jesus. Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of death. Amen.”

Can anything be more beautiful?
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Alloy1 said:
The Hail Mary has been revised since when I was a child., I am old school and liked the old missal and the original Hail Mary.
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Here is the way I learned it and still say it:

Hail Mary, full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amongst women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
 
Ah, thank you for your insight everyone! I’ll certainly make the effort to change my habit from “Our” to “The.” And Elizium, thank you for that information. Luckily I haven’t used Catholicplanet as a source for anything more than the Hail Mary, but it’s good to know to be wary of it in the future. Also that website of prayers will be an excellent resource for me, so thank you again.
 
_Kevin said:
Ah, thank you for your insight everyone! I’ll certainly make the effort to change my habit from “Our” to “The.” And Elizium, thank you for that information. Luckily I haven’t used Catholicplanet as a source for anything more than the Hail Mary, but it’s good to know to be wary of it in the future. Also that website of prayers will be an excellent resource for me, so thank you again.
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TheRealJuliane said:
Here is the way I learned it and still say it:

Hail Mary, full of grace
The Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou amongst women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God
Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
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Our beloved hail Mary has been revised due to political correctness
 
Alloy1 said:
Our beloved hail Mary has been revised due to political correctness
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I will change my habit of saying among to amongst. And I forgot the word “our” as in our death. That was just a typo.

This is because I have always preferred “amongst” but kind of went with the flow.
 
I love Mary - God’s special gift to all of us. I can imagine Her listening to this coversation and saying. “Children, children, children. Love my Son. Do what He tells you to do. That is what I want for you.”
 
Bishop Challoner translated the Ave as Hail Mary, full of grace, our Lord is with thee. And have you seen the Pater? There a variations of these and any combination of the two: …]as we forgive them/those who/that trespass against us.

One’s not more right than the other. Stick with the translation of what you find the most beautiful (personally for me, that’s anything published pre-1900). Or even better: say it in Latin! 😃

P.S. Bishop Challoner also gave “amongst” for “among”! 🙂
 
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