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Athanasius the Great
Catena Aurea · Lukasevangelium 1
Lk 1, 48English original
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For if as the Prophet says, Blessed are they who have seed in Sion, and kinsfolk in Jerusalem, (Isa. 31:9. apud LXX.) how great should be the celebration of the divine and ever holy Virgin Mary, who was made according to the flesh, the Mother of the Word?