Lay members of the order said in place of the psalms the Our Father (Pater). The 150 psalms/paters were subdivided in groups of fifty. During the twelfth-thirteen centuries, the Hail Mary was added.

2676-2677 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed are 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 ...

Visit the homepage for more information. In a way the Hail Mary summarizes the whole of the Church's public prayers to Mary. For this Marian prayer was in its initial form among the first to be used ...