The Angelus

[ElizabethPH]

Do you know any Catholics that still pray the Angelus thrice daily? Or once daily or at all? Does the Angelus bell ring at your parish?

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The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
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And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
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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 in the hour of our death.
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Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R
Be it done unto me according to thy word.
All
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 in the hour of our death.
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And the Word was made Flesh.
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And dwelt among us.
All
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 in the hour of our death.
V
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
All
Amen.

 

[Bookcat]

Do you know any Catholics that still pray the Angelus thrice daily? Or once daily or at all? Does the Angelus bell ring at your parish?

V
The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
All
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 in the hour of our death.
V
Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R
Be it done unto me according to thy word.
All
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 in the hour of our death.
V
And the Word was made Flesh.
R
And dwelt among us.
All
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 in the hour of our death.
V
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God.
R
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
V
Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may by His Passion and Cross, be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
All
Amen.

Yes…our family does…and we love it…three times a day. (or course Regina C. in the Easter season). At the same time we pray the Our Father (we do this with the early Christians …see CCC 2767 The first communities prayed the Lord’s Prayer three times a day, in place of the “Eighteen Benedictions” customary in Jewish piety. ) and some very short prayers particular to us… (special ones added for the Lord’s Day…and the different liturgical seasons).

Not sure if our Church rings the Angelus in some special way…we live too far to hear…but yes Churches and Monasteries do ring the Angelus…(see the movie Into Great Silence…for a great example…the Carthusians even do a profound humbling of the body at the “and the Word was made flesh”.)