Mary should rejoice because she is graced by God. The word rendered graced is the perfect passive participle of the Greek charitoo, “to be the recipient of God’s charis,” or grace. (The word is used in
Eph. 1:6 to describe the grace God freely bestows on His Church.) Mary is given
the charis or favor of being chosen
to be the Mother of the divine Messiah. The
Lord is with her in that He is
about to act powerfully in her life to bless her. (This does not of course deny
that He has been with her since she was conceived in the womb and from her
childhood.) (Lawrence R. Farley, The Gospel of Luke: Good News
for the Poor [The Orthodox Bible Study Companion; Chesterton, Ind.: Ancient
Faith Publishing, 2010], 36-37)
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