Hail Mary - Annotated

AVE Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. [1]

My annotations (what I think about when I pray the Ave Maria slowly and lovingly) [2]:

Ave Maria - Mother of Jesus Christ, Mother of God
gratia plena - The Blessed Virgin Mary is filled with God's grace because she was born without Original Sin.  She is the Immaculate Conception.
Dominus tecum - The Lord is with Her, from the very beginning, at present and will be forever.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus -  The Virgin Mary is truly the most blessed among all women, from the beginning of time to eternity.
Et benedictus fructus ventri tui, Iesus - The womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary is blessed with the living Christ, Jesus.
Sancta Maria - The Blessed Virgin Mary is indeed Holy:  Sanctissima, inviolata, intemerata, pulcherrima.  "The four adjectives mean "most holy, inviolate, undefiled, most beautiful. "  See comment by GreenWhiteBlue at http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=535471
Mater Dei - Mother of God, Mother of Jesus Who suffered and died for our salvation, the Mother Who suffered along with her Son, Jesus.
ora pro nobis - The image that I use varies but mostly from images of Her many apparitions around the world that I have seen depicted, praying to God for us.  My favorite one is of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, where She appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous to whom She said that She was the Immaculate Conception (in French) when asked who She was.  See http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/approved/appariti/lourdes.html and http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/approved/words/wordlour.html The images of the most beautiful Blessed Virgin Mary praying to God for us, by Herself or surrounded by angels, are the most beautiful that can be imagined and felt during this prayer.
peccatoribus, nunc, - I think of me, sinner, at the moment I say this
et in hora mortis nostrae - I think of an endlessly large but amorphous group of individuals.



[1] http://www.thesacredheart.com/latpray.htm#b
[2] Confessedly, I usually say the prayer rather fast, lacking the kind of loving care it deserves.