Where in scripture is the "Hail Mary"?

The Hail Mary comes almost directly from the Bible. I will give you the "Hail Mary" first then point out the specific place in the scriptures below where it comes from.. Luke gave us the whole story. The church gives us a short prayer, easy to remember and say. When we say this prayer it's like telling God our creator " I believe what the Bible says."

     Hail Mary

Hail Mary, full of grace, the LORD is with thee, blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus, Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners now and in the hour of our death.

       Now compare the words in red above with the words in red below verse 28. See how they both mean the same thing. Now look at the words that are underlined and compare them to those underlined and highlighted in verse 42. This first part of the "Hail Mary" comes directly from the Bible (a short prayer easy to remember) given to us by the Church so we the people of God could fullfill the prophecy of Mary in verse 48. The word of God is always true. For over 2000 years the people of God has been calling Mary blessed every time they repeat the Hail Mary.

       The second part of the Hail Mary above was given to us by the Church also. Go to verse 35 and compare the highlighted and underlined part in orange. Considering this and Mary's claim that generation after generation will call her blessed, you can easily see that God, the creator of all things, wishes to Honor the woman who agreed to have His Son. So let us all show love and honor for the Mother of God by saying the "Hail Mary" and the Rosary often.

See further notes below these scripture verses

Luke 1:28-50

King James Version (KJV)

 ²⁸And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.

 ²⁹And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
 ³⁰And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
 ³¹And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
 ³²He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
 ³³And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
 ³⁴Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
 ³⁵And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
 ³⁶And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren.
 ³⁷For with God nothing shall be impossible.
 ³⁸And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
 ³⁹And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
 ⁴⁰And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
 ⁴¹And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:

 ⁴²And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.

 ⁴³And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
 ⁴⁴For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
 ⁴⁵And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
 ⁴⁶And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
 ⁴⁷And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

 ⁴⁸For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

 ⁴⁹For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

 ⁵⁰And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.

     For those who believe only what's in the Bible and not in tradition. Read Rev. chapter 12 and meditate on it. Consider all the reports of the Blessed Virgin Mary appearing all over the world. Is not the scriptures being fullfilled right before our eyes.But just like in Jesus's time, not all will see and believe.
     Jesus said no one comes to the Father except through me and no one can come to me except the Father calls him. Think about this. The question is how do we increase our chances of the Father calling us. Easy ....Love your family and enemies as Jesus commanded. When we learn to obey, God will call.

      No one comes to Jesus unless the Father draws him....

John 6:44

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

     No one comes to the Father except through Jesus.

John 14:6

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

The Island of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Pierre Part, La. USA

      Most of the people of Pierre Part & Belle River are descendants of Arcadian exiles from Arcadia, Canada. We also have French & Spanish blood from the French and Spanish occupation of the land before the Acadian arrived. Our roots as Catholics run strong and deep. The following information comes from Mr. Wildy Templet's book "Pierre Part - Belle Riviere Down Home". You can view a copy of his book at the local library. I tried to buy a copy but he completely sold out.

      Here I will quote  from the book." After the flood of 1882, when the water subsided and damage to the chapel was asserted, some parishioners observed a small statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was not damaged. Someone casually remarked that it was a miracle that the statue had not deteriorated while exposed in the flood water.

      Once the flood damage was repaired, the little statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary was placed in the chapel sacristy. The incident and remark was put to rest until ten years latter when, in 1902, Father Pillian came to visit Saint Joseph Church congregation. Again the incident was related to him, he agreed that it was almost like a miracle and the little statue should be taken out of the chapel sacristy and placed where all parishioners could see it and pay it homage. From this incident came the first statue on the island."  end quote.

     In 1909  a new larger statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary arrived. The old smaller statue was buried on the island and the new one placed on the island.

      According to Mr. Templet someone nailed the plaque of a saint on a tree on the island. Date and duration unknown. One can only imagine what it was like back then traveling by boat  and canoe mostly hand powered by oars and paddles. This island must have been a land mark and a place of rest for the people. Then with the plaque of a saint there, also a place of prayer. It must have been through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that Father Pillian had the statue placed on the island. For the island now stands as a sacred place for the people of Pierre Part and Belle River, La.

      The island was restored in 1976 and again in 2011 which is it's present condition as seen in video above. This brings us to our present day situation. The great flood of 2011.

      We the people were told to expect a major flood. The national guards were called out and every one sand bagged 2', 3', up to four feet high. The water is coming prepare and/or evacuate was the word. The banks, stores, phone company, everyone sandbagged.

      The latest work on the Virgin Island had just been completed, less than two weeks earlier. We now had easy access to the island and a great crises coming. So We, the people got together and prayed the rosary on the island every day at 5:30 pm. The water never came. We believe that the Blessed Virgin Mary interceded for us and God spared us.

      Whether it was a direct miracle or an indirect miracle by God giving the authorities the wisdom on how to avert the problem. It doesn't matter to us. We saw the news and the videos. The water was coming but never arrived. Thanks to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thank you Mother Mary.

      Today we still meet every afternoon to say the rosary on the island, except on Saturday it's at 9:00 am.
     

Relics, bones of Elisha

      Does the Bible have evidence of God intervening though inanimate objects?


        In 2 Kings 13:20,21 we have a group of men who wants to bury a dead man. They enter a cave, lay the body down, and when the body touched the bones of Elisha the man came back to life. They did not pray or even know the bones were there. Read it for yourself below.
        2 Kings 13:20,21 "And Elisha died, and they buried him. and the bands of Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 21  And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet."


    .    Read Acts 5:15-16  Here we have people lining up along the road where Peter was going to pass hoping that at least his shadow would pass over them. Kind of sound like what people do today when the Pope goes somewhere. Remember the Pope sits in Peter's chair.

Acts 5:15-16

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁵Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
 ¹⁶There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

       Looking at a fiery serpent set on a pole can help you survive a poisoness snake bite, at least in the old Testament. God told Moses to make one, set it on a pole and for people to look at it if they were bitten and they would live. Can you believe that?  It's in Numbers 21:8-9

Numbers 21:8-9

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁸And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
 ⁹And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

       Back to the New Testament, hankerchiefs or aprons that came from off St. Paul's body was used to cure people and drive out devils. Sounds like Holy Water and pray cloths.

      Acts 19:11-12

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹¹And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
 ¹²So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

       Do you know the story of Elisha when he sent his servant ahead of him to lay Elisha's staff on a sick child to heal him. But it didn't work this time because the child was dead. But Elisha lay on top of him and he came back to life. Read the story 2 King 4:27-36  Remember Moses also used his staff to do miracles. ( by the way, Bishops also have a staff but I don't know if they can perform miracles with them.)

2 Kings 4:27-36

King James Version (KJV)

 ²⁷And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
 ²⁸Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
 ²⁹Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child.
 ³⁰And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.
 ³¹And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
 ³²And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
 ³³He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD.
 ³⁴And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
 ³⁵Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
 ³⁶And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son.

      How did Jesus heal, just prayer, just laying on of hands, the Bible says "he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay," That's in St. John 9:6 the whole story is verse 1-7.
      

John 9:1-7

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

 ²And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
 ³Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
 ⁴I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
 ⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
 ⁶When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
 ⁷And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

      And they say that the Catholic Church has some strange ways! The God of all creation can and does as He wills. Jesus said this is my body, this is my blood and the Appostles and the Catholic Church believes Him. Jesus also said recieve ye the Holy Spirit I give you power to forgive sins, The Appostles and the Catholic Church believes Him. Do you believe what the Bible says or do you let others explain and interpet it for you?

Why you do not need anyone to explain the Bible to you

      There are many people out there ready and willing to decieve you. They will interpet the Bible for you. They will explain it. Even go back to the greek words to explain it. They will say yes thats what the Bible says ,,, But ... Thats not what it means. These are the ones that will say that the Catholic Church is wrong and then they have to explain and interpet the Bible to prove there point. Let us see what the Bible says about these so called smart and wise people.
      Matthew 11:25-27

King James Version (KJV)

 ²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
 ²⁶Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
 ²⁷All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
      Do not need any one to explain this?
     

1 Corinthians 1:26-29

King James Version (KJV)

 ²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
 ²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
 ²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
 ²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.
      Do not need any one to explain this?

1 Corinthians 3:18-19

King James Version (KJV)

 ¹⁸Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
 ¹⁹For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
      Do not need any one to explain this?

      God want every one to know and love Him. So He makes it simple and easy. " Love your enemies" then you will love every one just like your Father in heaven. Why would God want to decieve man by saying one thing and meaning something else. If you follow the rule of Love then you will forgive also, because that is a part of Love. Remember Jesus said that what ever you do unto the least of these ...... you have done it unto me. To love Jesus is to love your neighbor ( enemies included ).

 Matthew 15:7-14

King James Version (KJV)

 ⁷Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
 ⁸This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
 ⁹But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
 ¹⁰And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
 ¹¹Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
 ¹²Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
 ¹³But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
 ¹⁴Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
      Jesus says leave them alone. If you listen or spend too much time with them they will end up decieving you. The blind leading the Blind. Start with love and forgiveness and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you . All things takes time, a week, a year, ten years. It doesn't matter, God will lead you, guide you and send you real help. But He will never violate your free will.

Amen

My conversion story

       The story that follows is the story of my leaving the Catholic Church and returning. When I was about 15 years old my mother started listening to Billy Gram on TV. She bought a bible and started reading it. Someone from the local Baptist Church got wind of this and came talk to her.
       How everything happened at this time is not exactly clear to me. We were convinced that the Catholic Church was a false religion and was not following the Bible. We bought into this hook line and sinker. After all some things the Church teaches does not make itself readily clear in the Bible, but rather is found mostly through tradition. Also God has not stopped speaking to the Church for 2000 years so some things are recorded in the Bible.
      We went to the Baptist church and was baptized according to scripture. After about two years we left the church because of controversy with some of the members.We went to another baptist church then another. We tried the Assemblies of God church, nondenominational churches with the same results.
      I am a bridge operator and have a lot of time to read so I studied the scriptures all this time. After about 8 maybe 10 years we ( I am one of seven children) were all grown up and basically went our own way. We believed in God and the Bible but most of us had given up on going to church. I got married at age 33 and had 3 children of my own with one step child I considered my own. Life is hard no matter who you are and I was no exception.
       My step child was away at college and my oldest daughter was leaving to go to the same away from home college. Tentions at home ran high and I feared for my children. I would stand on God's promises as the protestant religions taught us. But the stress and worry kept building up. Till one day or several days I walked the floor, litterally looking for an answer.
      At this time I said to myself, " Wilton, be honest with yourself. Either God's word is ture or not. Which is it. The promises are not coming to pass. You need to admit that God's word is not true or you need to find out what's wrong." At this point a scripture came to mind, "Love your enemies". I thought to myself that if I could truely live this scripture then surely God would reveal Himself to me or it would definetly prove the Bible is not the word of God.
      So I put my heart into loving everybody including my enemies, no exception. At this time I was also having trouble with a co-worker at work. Our relationship started to change and we started getting along. I was as much the problem as she was. Other parts of my life started changing for the better. This proved to me that God's word was true and if I followed it God would take care of me and my family.
      A few months latter I was sitting outside watching my garden grow. This is my passion. Repeating to myself " love your enemies, do good to those who deliberately hurt you". I had finally touched God and didn't want to lose that. I wanted to put it in my heart and mind. At this time I heard a voice say " If you have to love your enemies don't that mean you have to love your Mom and Dad" Not out loud but in my head, top left corner if I remember correctly. At this time I was not talking to my Mom and Dad except if I ran into them at a store. My Mom says it was 5 years and mother-in-law says 7 years that this situation was going on. I didn't want to associate with them because it brought back hard feelings and anger. I didn't hate them I just wanted to be left along.
      As soon as I heard the voice I replied, again in my head. " I love my Mom and Dad but I just don't want to visit them." The voice replied just as quickly " If you love them you will visit them." Was it fear that made me reach for my cell phone or the realization that God had just spoken to me. Probably both. Either way I swollowed my pride and grabed my cell phone, call my Dad and told Him I wanted to go visit. It was hard but I told them that I wanted to make things better but couldn't promise anythings for sure. I don't remember if I told them I was sorry at that time because I still had a lot of pride.
      At this time I had a desire to go back to church but where. My parents was going to a non-denominational church at the time so I went with them. I also put in my heart to go to one church and stay there. I was going to love my enemies as well as my friends. But it didn't work out. The preacher had too much anger and he hated the Catholics. I had no feeling either way at the time. My wife was Catholic and when we married I agreed to let her raise the children Catholic. I left this church after just a few months.
      Next I went back to the Baptist church we originally left the Catholic Church for. I was determined to stay there but then one day a man with a third grade education was teaching me bible school. Now I was in a bind, wanting to go to church and not able to accept the choices. I went back to my old ways of staying home and reading my Bible and other christain books. But I did not abandon " love your enemies"
      Before I go further let me say that untill this time I had never even considered going back to the Catholic Church even though my wife and children was going there. I believed they were sincere but did not know the full truth. I had Bible knowledge. This time I would try to follow what was in the Bible. And this put me in conflict with many people. They would say " yes that's in the Bible but that doesn't mean ........."
      I bought books for cheap at goodwill stores,discount stores and flea markets. If I could not read them all at that time I would put them on a book shelf for latter. That's where I found the two books that would lead me back to the Holy Catholic Church. I gave these books to my priest when I joined the church and don't have the heart to ask him if he still has them. The names of the books are vague in my mind so I will not try to name them at this time.
      I started studying the Catholic Church not paying attention to what people said, but studying the teachings of the Church. I was amazed to see that they actually believed what the Bible said including love your enemies. In the rest of my blog you will find all these scriptures they believe in. Remerber this is a work in progress.
      Jesus said that we will have to answer for every word we say and the Catholic Church believes this. Even what we think. Purgatory is real. I have to eat the body and blood of our Lord Jesus to have eternal life. Everything they say is in the Bible, except for a few things. So far they are the only Church that comes close to following the Bible. Can they be right about the other things also. I didn't know but I wanted eternal live with God my creator. I wanted to eat the flesh and blood of my Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy eucharist. I wanted to go to confession and have the priest to forgive my sins. I believed what Jesus told Peter. No one tried to convince me to join the Catholic Church. Instead they tried to stop me.
      I told my wife, she said whatever, that's you. I talked to the priest he said " is anybody pushing you to join the Church".  Here I am wanting to join the Catholic Church and I get support from no one. The priest did help. He just wanted to make sure I was coming back of my own free will. Here is a Church that even respects the free will that God gave us. Let me in .
      I was convinced that this was God's true church and I wanted in. I was ready the accept the things I did not under at the present time because Jesus told Peter Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven and whatever you bind in heaven is bound on earth. The first rosary I prayed when I came back I said " Lord Jesus forgive me if I'm wrong but I believe this is your true Church and I will obey what it says". Today I pray the rosary everyday and believe it is the most powerfull prayer there is.
      All my family except my wife and children were out of the Catholic Church. I wanted to tell them my story but no one wanted to here it. No one wanted to talk to me about the Church. Most of the time I had to go to church alone because my wife loved to go to an out of town church. It was hard.
      It seam every non catholic hates the Catholic Church. That shows me even more that She is more correct than they are because you are not suppose to hate. Remember, love your enemies. That's how you can tell the sheep from the goats. Love your enemies and you will become a child of God. Today and every day I want to tell my family and others about God and His Holy Catholic Church but I can't because they don't want to here it. And it's wrong for me to violate their free will. But in this blog I can tell my story and those who wants to read it can and the others don't have to if they don't want too. Free will is not violated and yet I can reach out in love to God's highest creation , man.
      I joined the Catholic Church on 12-12-2006. I have not regretted coming back not even for one moment. I love the Church and the people. I also love those outside, enough to expose myself through this blog. Why else would I do it. I cannot sit and be happy and at peace when my brother is outside. You can forget everything I said and will say except one thing "Love your enemy". Set it in your heart. Repeat it often. Do it. And God will touch you. The great and only God Creator of heaven and earth, God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen, Amen, Amen
      On the day I joined back the Church I also renewed my wedding vows and had my marriage blessed. My wife and I, sister-in-law, a good friend, the priest and I believe a church witness were the only ones there. After the ceremony I got the impression that a lady with a long flowing dress passed between me and the pew. I turned to see who it was but no one was there. Then and there I just knew it was the mother of our Lord Jesus the Blessed Virgin Mary who had came to celebrate with us my coming home.