Begging the question perhaps...
Luke 1:28 Uses the word “Kecharitomene: to describe Mary,s function,essence and being
The original Greek was kecharitomene, the perfect passive participle of charis, grace. St. Jerome translated it into Latin as gratia plena, “full of grace.” In Greek the perfect stem denotes a completed action with a permanent result. Kecharitomene means completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace. The Protestant Revised Standard Version translates Lk 1:28 as “highly favored daughter.” This is no mere difference of opinion but a conscious effort to distort St. Luke’s original Greek text. Had Mary been no more than “highly favored,” she would have been indistinguishable from Sarah the wife of Abraham, Anna the mother of Samuel, or Elizabeth the mother of John the Baptist, all of whom were long childless and “highly favored” because God acceded to their pleas to bear children. But neither Sarah nor Anna is described as kecharitomene in the Septuagint, a translation by 70 Jewish scholars of the Hebrew Scriptures for Greek-speaking Jews in Egypt. Nor does Luke use it to describe Elizabeth. Kecharitomene in this usage is reserved for Mary of Nazareth.
The word “kecharitomene” is a perfect passive participle of the verb “charitoo.”
Some have argued that this says nothing unique about Mary since Saint Stephen, just before he is martyred for the faith, is said to be full of grace in Acts 6:8. However a different word form is used to describe Saint Stephen. In the Greek the conjugated form of “charitoo” that is used to describe him is “charitos” not “kecharitomene” that is used in reference to Mary.
Saint Luke does not use Mary as her name in Luke 1:28 He Changes it to “Kecharitomene” this is a new name , and we all know that name changes in Scripture are significant - Abram (Hebrew “father”) to Abraham (”father of multitudes), Jacob to Israel, Saul to Paul, Simon to Peter, etc.
This describes her very essence and being.
Mary, is named “kecharitomene” - because she is full of grace-full of perfection
Mary was chosen to be the Mother of God, because she was perfect in obeying the will of God. She would not betray her divine husband for the sake of a man. The marriage between Joseph and Mary took place in the divine plan in order to protect the publicity of the holy virgin announced in the Holy Scriptures who would give birth to Emanuel, God with us (Isaiah 7:14)
Joseph was a chaste man, who respected Mary highly since he was given revelations about Mary and Jesus by the angel of God (Matthew 1:20), he accepted the special holy mission to help the promised Messiah and his mother.
The Blessed Mother fullfills many Biblical Old Testament Typological Prophecies, She is the New Eve. The Daughter of Zion,The perfect fullfillment of the Church and the Ark of the New Covenant.
Here is an example of Ark of the New Covenant
In the New Testament there are many indications of Our Lady as the fulfillment of the Ark. She is the Ark of the new Covenant.
The second indication is in the visitation where Mary comes to visit Elizabeth and it says that Elizabeth “cried out in a loud voice”, the word used here is another rare Greek word which appears in the Greek Old Testament very few times, and always in reference to the liturgical worship which centered around the Ark. This is actually a liturgical term which could even be translated as “intoned”. Keep in mind that Luke I & II are written in septuagint style Greek so this rare words are clear allusions to the Old Testament.
Next we have the textual parallels with 2 Samuel chapter 6. This chapter is an account of King David bringing the Ark to the hill country of Judea to the house of Obededom where it remained for three months. The Ark was met with rejoicing and shouting, and David leaping for joy. And on that day when the Ark arrived Daving exclaimed “How is it that the Ark of the Lord should come to me?”
There are at least eight clear parallels between this and the visitation where Mary went with haste to the hill country of Judea, to the house of Zechariah, where she remained for three months. When she arrived she was met with rejoicing, crying out and the babe in Elizabeth’s womb leaped for joy. Also Elizabether exclaimed “who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?”
When one really appreciates the significance of the Ark in the OT and ponders the meaning of how this is fulfilled in Mary one reaches some pretty amazing conclusions regarding this handmaid of the Lord.
The main implications that It is based upon is the fulfillment in Christ (the symbol of the Manna, Staff & Tablets), the Shekinah or glory cloud aspect, the Ark as the center of worship and as a physical point of mediation between God and Israel, and especially the fact that Mary is a person, more than a mere box. She is in fact Christ’s mother which gives a tremendous depth to this fulfillment. The essence of it is Mary’s role in the mystery of the covenant. This is revealed in other ways in other parts of the Bible, for example John’s Gospel (Cana & Mary at calvary), and Rev 12 (which also employs Ark symbolism among other things
I,m pinging in some of the people I regard as far more knowledgeable than I to correct me on any of this