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Patristic A.D. 373 · Catena Aurea: Gospel of Luke, as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 1:48

Athanasius of Alexandria, on Luke 1:48

Athanasius of Alexandria · c. A.D. 296–373

Luke 1:48 · Douay-Rheims

“Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.”

On this verse:

“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?”

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