Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you.”
The opening words of the most widely recited Catholic prayer to the Virgin Mary, drawn from the angel Gabriel's greeting at the Annunciation.
— Traditional Latin Ecclesiastical Wisdom, Vatican
Source: Vulgate, Gospel of Luke 1:28 and 1:42; traditional Catholic Marian prayer
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