The charts below are direct quotes from Post-Vatican II Magisterial Documents concerning the theme, Fullness of Grace. These teachings of the Catholic Church may prove useful to include in talks, homilies or for research. This will also lead you to the complete document on this website, or assist you in locating it elsewhere. It was this perfect harmony between divine grace and her own human activity that gave honor to the Blessed Trinity and made her the crowning glory of the Church. Such a study will bring out in particular the hidden relationship between the Spirit of God and the Virgin of Nazareth, and show the influence they exert on the Church.
Grace never casts nature aside or cancels it out, but rather perfects and ennobles it.
For the first time in the plan of salvation and because his Spirit had prepared her, the Father found the dwelling place where his Son and his Spirit could dwell among men. In this sense the Church's Tradition has often read the most beautiful texts on wisdom in relation to Mary. These features describe the Eastern outlook of the Christian. And the Virgin Mary occupies an altogether special place among them. VC Mary is the model of the acceptance of grace by human creatures.