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Patristic A.D. 379 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:46

Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 1:46

Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379

Luke 1:46 · Douay-Rheims

“And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord.”

On this verse:

“(in Psalm 33) For the Virgin, with lofty thoughts and deep penetration, contemplates the boundless mystery, the further she advances, magnifying God; And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord.”

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