MARY IMMACULATE THE EVIDENCE
2. The Angel.
With the words: The Lord is with Thee, full of grace (St. Luke 1:28), the Angel clearly calls Her Immaculate. When and how was She filled with grace? Surely it was just at the moment of Her immaculate conception. This fullness of grace is prodigious, is unique, is for ever. Were it not so, the Angel could not have uttered these words.
There have indeed been many saints with great sanctity and great grace; but none with such plenitude. At least at the moment of their birth, due to original sin they had no grace whatsoever. But with Mary it was not so. At every instance and always, She was full of grace. Therefore She was never with sin, not even original sin. Consequently, when the Angel hails Her as full of grace, he equivalently calls Her Immaculate. Relish these sweet words and thank the Angel for having made such a panegyric of Mary Immaculate.
[From 'Marian Meditations']
With the words: The Lord is with Thee, full of grace (St. Luke 1:28), the Angel clearly calls Her Immaculate. When and how was She filled with grace? Surely it was just at the moment of Her immaculate conception. This fullness of grace is prodigious, is unique, is for ever. Were it not so, the Angel could not have uttered these words.
There have indeed been many saints with great sanctity and great grace; but none with such plenitude. At least at the moment of their birth, due to original sin they had no grace whatsoever. But with Mary it was not so. At every instance and always, She was full of grace. Therefore She was never with sin, not even original sin. Consequently, when the Angel hails Her as full of grace, he equivalently calls Her Immaculate. Relish these sweet words and thank the Angel for having made such a panegyric of Mary Immaculate.
[From 'Marian Meditations']
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