29) And, in a sermon which he delivered on the sacred day of the Blessed Virgin Mary's annunciation, explained the words "Hail, full of grace"-words used by the angel who addressed her-the Universal Doctor, comparing the Blessed Virgin with Eve, stated clearly and incisively that she was exempted from the fourfold curse that had been laid upon Eve.(
132). In oratione vero, quam die Annunciationi sacro Beatae Virginis habuit, haec Angeli salutantis verba explanans: « Ave, gratia plena... », Doctor Universalis, dum Hevae Sanctissimam Virginem comparat, hanc clare significanterque asseverat quadruplici illa maledictione fuisse immunem, cui Heva obnoxia fuit (Idem, Sermones de sanctis, sermo XV: In Annuntiatione Beatae Mariae; cfr. etiam Mariale, q.vatican.va vatican.va