Angelus

The Angelus is a short practice of devotion in honor of the Incarnation repeated three times each day, morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of the bell. The Angelus summarizes God's saving work, since it recalls the Word's Incarnation and prays that "we may be brought by his passion and death to the glory of his resurrection."

The Angelus, using the Hail Mary, commemorating the archangel Gabriel's announcement to Mary, and recited morning (6:00 A.M.) noon, and evening (6:00 P.M.) while a bell is rung. Consisting of three versicles with their responses, each followed by a Hail Mary. It concluded with a brief verse and a prayer.

� Evangelization Station, 2010

Angelus

The Angelus:

The Angel of the Lord declared to Mary:
And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art 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 hour of our death. Amen.

Behold the handmaid of the Lord: Be it done unto me according to Thy word.

Hail Mary . . .

And the Word was made Flesh: And dwelt among us.

Hail Mary . . .
Pray for us, O Holy Mother of God, that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Let us pray:

Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord.

Amen.

� Evangelization Station, 2010

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