[Cronos]

Nice and simple -- her parents WERE stained by Original Sin. Mary was, just a creature, a created being, saved by Her Son. The only difference being that God needed a Holy Ark to contain HIM, hence He created this purified ark to hold HIM

That's why, in scripture, when the angel comes to meet her, he is almost looking in awe at this creation of God, so the angel refers to her as Κεχαριτωμενη / Kecharitomene "filled with grace". This is in the past participle form so it means that sometime before the announciation Mary was filled with divine grace and that she remains full of this grace in the present (i.e. when the angel met her)

[Mad Dawg]

That's why, in scripture, when the angel comes to meet her, he is almost looking in awe at this creation of God,...

My contribution to our schools "shepherd's play" was that Gabriel ought to kneel to the Virgin (and she ought to look like "What's up with THAT?")

My "name in religion" is Dominic Gabriel. I'm big into "glad tidings."