Many people might wonder why Catholics love Mary so much. As Christmas approaches, I am reminded again of the very intimate ...

As I researched songs of Christmas, I assure you one I never thought of was Ava Maria. To be very honest, although I have heard the song numerous times, I ...

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The greeting of the angel Gabriel opens this prayer. It is God himself ... Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2676-2677 Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed are thou among ...

"Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you." In medieval art the Blessed Virgin is often shown kneeling at a priedieu, totally taken up in reading and prayer. Renaissance art sometimes shows the child ...

It’s a reference to the Catholic “Hail Mary” prayer for help, but its first football reference dates back as far as the early 1920s – a full century ago. In college football, Notre Dame was said to ...

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Jayden Daniels breaks down his iconic hail mary against the Chicago Bears, and compares it to NBA legend and Los Angeles ...

But officials ruled that there was 1 second left and BYU had a shot at the Hail Mary attempt. It took several minutes to clear thousands of fans from the field before Jake Retzlaff's deep pass ...

But the "Hail Mary" play as we know it today was put into lexicon on December 28, 1975 at the end of the Dallas Cowboys' 17-14 divisional playoff win over the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota was up ...