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I just realized something: when the archangel Gabriel visits Mary, he calls her the Immaculate Conception (Full of Grace)!
As Peggy Frye said:
As Peggy Frye said:
The salutation given to Mary by the angel Gabriel in Luke 1:28 is “Hail, Full of Grace…”. In Greek the word used for grace is kecharitomene." We can say through the writings of Luke that Mary was the fullness of grace (sinless). How? “Kecharitomene is a perfect passive participle of charitoo, meaning “to fill or endow with grace.” Since this term is in the perfect tense, it indicates a perfection of grace that is both intensive and extensive. So, the grace Mary enjoyed was not a result of the angel’s visit, and was only as “full” or strong or complete as possible at any given time, but it extended over the whole of her life, from conception onward. She was in a state of sanctifying grace from the first moment of her existence to have been called “full of grace.” catholic.com/library/Imma…_and_Assum.asp
No one can be full of grace if there is any trace of sin in that person. In addition, Grabriel gives Mary a new name calling her “Full of Grace”. He says “Rejoice” (Hail!) “Full of Grace”.No where in Scripture is there another address like this.