George Leo Haydock, on Luke 1:48

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

“The humility of his handmaid, [9] i.e. the humble, low, and abject condition; as perhaps might be translated both in this and in ver. 52. For the blessed Virgin does not here commend and praise her own virtue of humility; as divers interpreters observe. See St. Francis de Sales, in his introduction to a devout life, part 3, chap. vi. (Witham) — As death entered into the world by the pride of our first parents, so was it proper that the path to life should be opened by the humility of Mary. (Ven. Bede) — Not Elizabeth only, but all nations of believers are to call her blessed. (Theophylactus)”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.