It is most familiar to everybody that the Hail Mary has two parts. Not always we realize though that the very joint of these two parts is precisely the Holiest Name of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. I think it is good to remember this fact and to meditate a bit on it, for it certainly is not a coincidence.
In the Hail Mary, Jesus is first mentioned as the blessed fruit of Mary’s womb; then He is explicitly named. The interesting fact is that we have two versions in the Bible about how this came to be the name of the Holy Infant. According to Mathew 1,21, it is Joseph who hears from an angelic voice: “She [Mary] will give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus, because he is the one who will save his people from their sins.” According to Luke’s version there is even more to this name, for St. Gabriel affirms to Mary: “You have found favour with God. Listen! You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you are to name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his forefather David. He will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end.” (Luke 1,30-33).
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