![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s focus on just one short passage, which also happens to be the root of one of the central prayers of our faith: Luke 1:28, which says: And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” This is the verse from which the beginning to the “Hail Mary” is formed. Few of us will have the time or inclination to go learn ancient Greek to discover these hidden treasures ourselves, but many study Bibles will point out these gems for us. And deepening our understanding of the scriptural roots of these prayers will allow us to pray them with greater depth.īecause the Old Testament was originally (mostly) composed in Hebrew and the New Testament was originally written in Greek, there are many points of subtlety and depth in scripture that are often lost in our English translations. ![]() This is true in two ways: Not only does it reflect on the life of Jesus, but the prayers we repeat - Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be - are all based in Scripture. One thing that makes the rosary one of my favorite devotions is that it is essentially a scriptural prayer. ![]()
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