Now, there are several things I’d like to say. One is that the tendency among us Protestants is to play down the role of Mary. But remember she was “highly favored.” But also, with the same breath, let me say that she was “blessed art thou” not above women, but “among women.” She is not lifted up above women; she lifted womanhood up. That is the role that she played, because, you see, it’s so easy to say that a woman brought sin into the world, but also—let’s also say that a man did not bring the Savior into the world, but a woman did.