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 rather than pulled out of it. Along the way: why being "full of grace" makes Mary more compassionate toward sinners, not less — and what it means that God knows each of us by a name only He knows.

Part of an ongoing series walking word-by-word through the Hail Mary and the message of Fatima.