re mary s assumption dave bernard david bernard central sun com wrote when elizabeth greeted mary elizabeth said something to the effect that mary out of all women was blessed if so it appears that this exactly places mary beyond the sanctification of normal humanity the phrase is eulogemene su en gunaixin blessed are you among women there is nothing to indicate that this is an exceptional or unique status only that as a woman mary was blessed adding the word all is not a fair reading of the text there are some good reasons for the church s veneration of mary but they cannot depend on this verse revdak netcom com
