Spoken prayers in Spanish

December 1, 2007 5:59 PM

Need help with learning to speak two Catholic prayers in Spanish.

I'm volunteering thru my church to take communion to patients at HCMC in Minneapolis.

I need to learn to say both the Hail Mary and Our Father in Spanish. I've been given a written copy, but since I've never taken a single Spanish lesson in my entire life (huge mistake I know), I'm really struggling with reading it out loud. Learning it from the page isn't working. I need a spoken version to listen to. I haven't been able to find a spoken version online.

Could someone send me (or post here) a sound file?

Please speak VERY SLOWLY.

Don't know how much Spanish pronunciation varies from country to country, but would prefer something like a standard Mexican pronunciation (I think...)

In my online searching, I've noticed that sometimes the wording of these two prayers varies slightly. Would prefer that you use the version that was given to me below.

Hail Mary:

Dios te salve Maria, llena eres de gracia, el Senor es contigo, bendita tu eres entre todas las mujeres, y bendito es el fruto de tu vientre, Jesus. Santa Maria, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosostros pecadores ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte. Amen.

Our Father:

Padre nuestro que estas en el Cielo,
santificado sea tu nombre,
venga a nosotros tu Reino,
hagase tu voluntad en la Tierra como en el Cielo,
danos hoy nuestro pan de cada dia,
y perdona nuestras ofensas,
como tambien nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden,
no nos dejes caer en la tentacion,
y libranos del mal,
Tuyo es el Reino el Poder y la Gloria por Siempre Senor
Amen

(sorry, I don't know how to type the tildes and accent marks here.)

Or pointing me to an online version is fine if the wording is the same, and if it's spoken VERY SLOWLY.

Thanks !!

posted by marsha56 to religion & philosophy (4 comments total)

I convinced my mexican-american bf to say it while I recorded. I'll send the files to the email address on your profile, if that's ok.

But I have a question: you're female and you're giving the catholic communion?
posted by lucia__is__dada at 7:52 PM on December 1, 2007

I don't know of sound files, but if worst comes to worst you can record a Sunday Mass in Spanish off the TV. Perhaps you can find something of this sort on YouTube?
posted by Sara Anne at 7:52 PM on December 1, 2007

Thanks Lucia !! Yeah, I forgot to mention that my e-mail address is in my profile. Just use that.

There's a team of volunteers at my church who do this, and I don't think it's that uncommon. We're both men and women. (yup, I'm a woman) The title is "Eucharist Minister". We don't consecrate the host. We take already consecrated hosts from a tabernacle that is kept at the hospital and give those.
posted by marsha56 at 8:13 PM on December 1, 2007

I think I was too late, but feel free to send me a MefiMail if you still need a sample. I was born and live in Mexico.
posted by clearlydemon at 2:59 AM on December 2, 2007