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The following is the 2nd Reading for the Feast of the Immaculate conception. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, 2 4 as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love 5 he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, 6 for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. 11 In him we were also chosen, destined in accord with the purpose of the one who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will, 12 so that we might exist for the praise of his glory, we who first hoped 3 in Christ.

"..for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved."

Interestingly, the world behind "grace that he has granted" is the same word (used only once elswhere) behind Mary's aclaimation "full of gace".

In other words, the believer, (in Christ) has been made "full of grace" just like Mary.