Mary Most Excellent

I heard a radio preacher this morning (try www.enduringtruth.org) that said that if you want God to use you for his purposes, you must strive for excellence. This sounded like a very Catholic interpretaion of works through faith. He went on to say that a great example was Mary -- she couldn't have been the mother of Jesus (i.e. the Theotokos, the Mother of God) if she wasn't most excellent.

Wow. How excellent must Mary have been to have been the instrument to bear God the Father's most excellent Son.