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for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed.
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Verse 48. The humility of his handmaid, [9] that is the humble, low, and abject condition; as perhaps might be translated both in this and in verse 52. For the blessed Virgin does not here commend and praise her own virtue of humility; as divers interpreters observe. See S. Francis of Sales, in his introduction to a devout life, part 3, c. 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. Theophy.
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