Fullness Of Grace

De plenitudine eius nos omnes accepimus et gratiam pro gratia... De plenitudine eius. Notandum, quod est quadruplex plenitudo, scilicet sufficientiae, abundantiae, excellentiae et supereffluentiae. Plenitudo sufficientiae reperitur in quolibet iusto; de qua Psalmus: Aperis tu manum tuam et imples omne animal benedictione. Plenitudo abundantiae reperitur in quolibet viro perfecto, secundum quod legitur Actuum sexto: Stephanus, plenus gratia; et Actuum secundo: Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu sancto etc. Plenitudo excellentiae reperitur in beatissima Virgine, cui dictum est Lucae primo, Ave, gratia plena; quam plenitudinem tractans, beatus Bernardus ait: Legimus Stephanum plenum gratia, Apostolos repletos Spiritu sancto, sed longe dissimiliter in Maria. Non enim habitavit in eis plenitudo Divinitatis corporaliter, quemadmodum in Maria. Plenitudo supereffluentiae reperitur in Christo, de quo, secundum quod hic dicitur, nos omnes accepimus. Unde et ipse dicit Ecclesiastici vigesimo quarto: Transite ad me, omnes qui concupiscitis me, et a generationibus meis implerami. Sanctus Bonaventura, Collationes In Evangelium Ioannem, Caput I, Collatio III Source: Here, p538

And from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace... 1 'From His fullness.' Let it be noted that there is a fourfold fullness, that is, of sufficiency, of abundance, of excellence, and of supereminence. A fullness of sufficiency is found in whoever is righteous, concerning which the Psalm says, 'You open your hand and you fill every creature with a blessing.' 2 A fullness of abundance is found in the perfect man, according to which it is said in the sixth chapter of Acts, 'Stephen, full with grace.' And in the second chapter, 'They were filled with the Holy Spirit.' 3 A fullness of excellence is found in the most blessed Virgin, to whom it was said in the first chapter of Luke, 'Hail, full of grace,' 4 which considering such fullness, the blessed Bernard says, 'We read that Stephen was full of grace and the Apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit, but there is a great difference with Mary, for they did not have in them the fullness of the Divinity bodily, as Mary did. 5 The fullness of supereminence is found in Christ, concerning whom, according to what is said here, 'we have all received.' Whence He says in the twenty fourth chapter of Ecclesiasticus, 'Pass over to me all who desire me, and from what I bring forth you will be filled.' 6 Saint Bonaventura, Observations On The Gospel Of Saint John, Chapter 1 1 Jn 1.16 2 Ps 144.16 3 Acts 6.8, 2,4 4 Lk 1.28 5 Bernard Hom III Missus est 6 Sirach 24.26