Veneration of Mary in the Catholic Church "Salutation of the Blessed Virgin" in 1273. By the fourteenth century it was not uncommon to conclude with an appeal for sinners and especially for help at the hour of death. Official recognition of the Ave Maria in its complete form was finally given in the Roman Breviary of 1568. Three Hail Marys is a traditional Roman Catholic devotional practice of reciting three Hail Marys as a petition for purity and other virtues. The practice of saying three Hail Marys in the evening somewhere about sunset had become general throughout Europe in the first half of the fourteenth century and
Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary of Fátima, was requested by the Virgin Mary herself in an apparition at Pontevedra, Spain, in December 1925. This acts of reparation has been approved by the Roman Catholic Church. Words of the Prayer from Raccolta: Words of the Prayer from Raccolta: Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary Catholic tradition and Mariology include specific prayers and devotions as acts of reparation for insults and blasphemies against the Blessed Virgin Mary. Similar prayers as "Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ" and "Acts of Reparation to The Holy Trinity" also exist. Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer