Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with you . . .
To live in grace means living in communion with God. When Mary was pregnant with Jesus she was indeed full of grace because the Lord was literally with her.
When we are living in grace we can appreciate everything. Both good and not so good things that come our way are viewed as something good. Something whereby one can experience the presence of God, hence being in communion with God.
To some, grace means receiving blessings and favour from God. When good fortune comes our way, we say it's a grace from God. This is indeed correct but a very limited view of understanding of grace. When some good tings happen to us, we tend to become joyful and thankful to God. This feeling of elation and happiness is simply a manifestation that we are experiencing God. However, even in times of trials and misfortunes we can still experience God if we desired to do so because God is always with us. Sadly, when we experience such, we are sometimes overwhelmed by the pain and anguish that go with the it hence we failed to feel the presence of God.
From the Incarnation, when God became flesh, we found a revelation in flesh if how can one live in grace. If we simply live as Jesus lived his earthly life we will surely experience joy and peace in all our experiences, good or bad, something pleasant or something painful, something sweet or something bitter.
In general we can experience God in prayer, in the Scriptures, in the Sacraments, and in anything that we do as long as we only exert a little effort to feel his presence. The feeling of joy, courage and peace vouchsafe that God is indeed with you.
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