What Full of Grace REALLY Means (Hail Mary Explained) | 70
Ave — "Hail" — was just the first word. In this episode of Franciscan Fridays, Brother Pius and Father Luke dig into the second word of the Hail Mary prayer: the mysterious Greek title the Angel Gabriel gives Mary — usually translated "full of grace."
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They unpack why this isn't just poetic language but essentially Mary's name, tying it to her Immaculate Conception, her words to St. Bernadette at Lourdes ("I am the Immaculate Conception"), and St. Thérèse of Lisieux's beautiful image of being kept from the ditch…
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