Article: Ave Maria

Article: Hail Mary
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      49 words ...Hail Mary a prayer to the Virgin Mary used chiefly by Roman Catholics, beginning with part of Luke 1:28. Also called Ave Maria. Hail Mary pass in American football, a play in which the ball is thrown far down the field; in transferred usage, a high-ri...

Article: Rosary considered again.(Letter to the editor)
Catholic New Times;  July 2, 2006 ;     162 words ......the prayers of the rosary can be. The Hail Mary calls upon the Mother of God, underlining...of the Divine. Perhaps this is why the Hail Mary has entered popular culture. For example...Volcano, a subway worker recites the Hail Mary as he risks a death-defying leap over...

Article: Keeping up with Mrs. O'Brien in the Speed Rosary event.(Humor)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  September 1, 2000 ;     456 words ......sinners, and I've got to be ready with the Hail Mary full of grace again by the time she's...reciters well know, each half of the Hail Mary is one breath. Inhale too deeply and...working toward the Catholic triathlon. Our Hail Mary's a guaranteed silver. The Glory Be is...

Article: Seven-day endeavor.(News Beat)
Coast Guard Magazine;  February 1, 2006 ;     491 words ......Inlet, N.Y., Jan. 3 after their ship Hail Mary II capsized in rough seas. Seven days later, the Hail Mary II herself was rescued. As Capt. John...successful haul of 30,000 pounds of squid, the Hail Mary II capsized in heavy weather when one...

Article: Three yards and a cloud of dust: Today's economy calls for a running game, not Hail Mary passes. (Last Word).(Brief Article)(Editorial)
Indiana Business Magazine;  December 1, 2001 ;     573 words ......so accustomed to the big play or the Hail Mary that anything else makes for a seat-emptying...business plans that called for throwing the Hail Mary pass for their survival. Did their playbook...playbook and hoping for a successful Hail Mary play to succeed is irresponsible. The...

Article: The triumph of wills.(SHELF LIFE)(books)(Book review)
National Review;  February 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......prayers (the Creed, the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Doxology) and meditations on...fellow church members to pray for us; the Hail Mary simply extends this practice to the woman...a non-Divine person can replace the Hail Mary with another short prayer, e.g., Lord...

Article: Starting point.(IN THE BEGINNING)(spirituality in education)(Brief article)
National Catholic Reporter;  February 16, 2007 ;     247 words ......lesson, but she doesn't. Instead, she asks us all to say a Hail Mary for those in the ambulance and for those they were racing to...this day I still take the 15 seconds or so needed to recite a Hail Mary whenever I hear a siren. The ritual reminds me that there's...

Article: Speaking up for shameless prayer.(COLUMNS)
National Catholic Reporter;  May 5, 2006 ;     573 words ......to asking for prayers for health. You should be too. Say a 'Hail Mary'--or the Jewish equivalent of it, I said to Sharon. We've been...suffering. That said, one last shameless appeal: Throw in an extra Hail Mary for me, dear reader. And I'll tell St. Anthony, my patron...

Article: Downloading the mysteries.(religion and the internet)(Brief Article)
National Catholic Reporter;  March 30, 2001 ;     695 words ......I could click on the creed, the Our Father, the Gloria, a Hail Mary and more. I clicked. A voice came forth. It spoke Spanish...The recitation began. The voice recited the first half of the Hail Mary. A group chimed in on the final, Santa Maria madre de dios...

Article: The changing face of Mary: Protestants adopted the best that Catholics had without the holy water bottles that had screw-top heads.(COLUMNS)
National Catholic Reporter;  April 29, 2005 ;     684 words ......documents of Vatican II, devotion suffered a steep decline. The Hail Mary, actually a salutation rather than a prayer, became a synonym...point shot, not simply the only prayer that kids knew. The Hail Mary's form, as we know it today, traces to 1495. However, in recent...

Article: Angelus
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable;      54 words ...Angelus a Roman Catholic devotion commemorating the Incarnation of Jesus and including the Hail Mary, said at morning, noon, and sunset; a ringing of church bells announcing this. The word is recorded from the mid 17th century...

Article: Final harvest: the Christian gardener.
The Christian Century;  September 25, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Assumption is a harvest of wellness and fullness of life. Hail Mary, Mother of God! Hail, for through thee joy shall shine forth:/Hail, for through thee the curse shall cease. Hail Mary, Mother of Light, earth yielding a rich harvest of compassion...

Article: Last-second Hail Mary a blessing for Cardinal.(Sports)(Game-winner: Stanford comes up with the perfect play at the perfect time.)
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  January 12, 2003 ;     477 words ......outcome on the line. On Saturday, however, the sixth-ranked Cardinal performed the drill to perfection, as forward T'Nae Thiel's Hail Mary pass from under the Oregon basket with 3.3 seconds left hit Nicole Powell right in the hands. Powell, a national player of...

Article: Ave Maria
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music;      80 words ...Ave Maria ( Hail Mary ) . Prayer consisting partly of the biblical salutations of the Archangel Gabriel and Elizabeth to the Virgin Mary, and partly...