Marian Prayers
The Angelus
The Angelus takes its name from its first Latin word and developed between the eleventh and sixteenth centuries out of the monastic custom of ringing a bell for evening prayer to Our Lady.
V. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary.
R. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
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 our death. Amen.
V. Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
R. Be it done unto me according to thy word.
Hail Mary...
V. And the Word was made flesh.
R. And dwelt among us.
Hail Mary...
V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.
R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
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. Amen.
Traditional Angelus devotion (attested from the 13th century)
About the prayer
By the time of Pope John XXII in 1318 it was being prayed at morning, noon, and evening at the sound of the Angelus bell — a rhythm captured in Millet's famous painting of two farmers pausing in a field. It is a meditation on the Incarnation in miniature. Praying it three times a day is a simple, ancient way of breaking the workday open and remembering why any of it matters.
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