text: what does the hail mary mean in its words? as in i write down the hail mary and there are things that i dont know what the meanings are. the hail mary prayer simply recites bible passages (the word of god) and asks mary to pray for us:    hail mary full of grace, the lord is with you. (these are the words the angel gabriel said to mary, a bible quote.)  blessed are thou among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb, jesus. (this is mary's cousin elizabeth's greeting, another bible quote.)  holy mary, (the angel gabriel said she was full of grace and elizabeth said she was blessed.)  mother of god, (the bible says mary is the mother of jesus christ, god the son)  pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. (a simple request to pray for us.)  amen.  with love in christ.