
Ambrose of Milan
Catena Aurea · Lukasevangelium 1
And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord.
As evil came into the world by a woman, so also is good introduced by women; and so it seems not without meaning, that both Elisabeth prophesies before John, and Mary before the birth of the Lord. But it follows, that as Mary was the greater person, so she uttered the fuller prophecy.