2,000 Hail Mary

On my birthday on March 14, I hosted 2,000 Hail Mary's at home. There were around seventeen of us taking turns in praying the rosary with 20 mysteries including the light mysteries and 2,000 Hail Mary's the whole day. Each took turns in leading the prayer of 100 Hail Mary's with one "glory be" at the end of the prayer beads. Before praying the Hail Mary's, the leader lights one of the 20 candles and read the general petitions to Mama Mary for the whole world before leading the prayer of 100 Hail Mary. The event normally finishes at 5:00-6:00 PM with the start at 8:00 AM. When we have a break for lunch at 12:00, the Angelus is prayed. There is another break at 3:00 PM to pray the Divine Mercy.

The Angelus prayer consists of 3 Hail Mary's and at the end, the phrase "Pour forth we beseech thee O Lord, Your grace into our hearts, that we to whom the incarnation of Christ Your Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory of His ressurection through the same Christ our Lord, amen." The prayer of the Divine mercy is a prayer to the Father, offering the sacrifices of Christ on the cross to Him, in attonement for our sins and that of the whole world. These prayers are repeated several times using the beads of the rosary as a guide. These are normally prayed every three o'clock by devout Catholics.

All those who attend the event writes in a piece of paper their personal petitions which are collected in a pot at the foot of the altar. These personal petitions are burned while singing the "Our Father" by the group, forming a circle holding hands around the burning pot at the end of the day. The image of Mama Mary stays with the host for one month who prays the rosary with the family before it nightly. The image visits one house for one month. The image is rotated to different houses for the whole year. I normally host the whole day prayer every March since it is the month of my birthday, and provide a home for the image for the whole month of March. I find that petitions to Mama Mary through the 2,000 Hail Mary are usually granted by the Lady. I prayed mostly for the healing for my husband Art.