The Angel Gabriel addressed Mary as "Full of Grace"
According to the Modern Catholic Dictionary of the Servant of God Fr. John Hardon, SJ, my old teacher:
"[g]race is the supernatural gift that God, of his free benevolence, bestows on rational creatures for their eternal salvation. The gifts of grace are essentially supernatural. . . . They are the indispensable means necessary to reach the beatific vision ....The essence of grace ... is its gratuity, since no creature has a right to the beatific vision, and its ... purpose is to lead one to eternal life."
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