A:

“She, the lady above heaven and earth, must. . . have a heart so humble that she might have no shame in washing the swaddling clothes or preparing a bath for St. John the Baptist, like a servant girl. What humility! It would surely have been more just to have arranged for her a golden coach, pulled by 4,000 horses, and to cry and proclaim as the carriage proceeded, ‘Here passes the woman who is raised above the whole human race!’ . . . She was not filled with pride by this praise. . . this immense praise: ‘No woman is like unto thee! Thou art more than an empress or a queen. . . blessed above all nobility, wisdom, or saintliness!” Luther referred to Mary as “God’s workshop” and went on to say, “As the Mother of God, she is raised above the whole of humankind” and “has no equal” (Luthers Works 21:327, 36:208, 45:107).

*(researched and brought to my attention by my friend, author and apologist Jesse Romero)