Here are some more quotes on Mary from Church Fathers throughout the centuries:
“I have been amazed that some are utterly in doubt as to whether or not the holy Virgin is able to be called the Mother of God. For if our Lord Jesus Christ is God, how should the holy Virgin who bore him not be the Mother of God?” (St Cyril of Alexandria, 5th century)
“Though still a virgin she carried a child in her womb, and the handmaid and work of his wisdom became the Mother of God.” (St Ephraim the Syrian, 4th century)
“The first thing which kindles ardor in learning is the greatness of the teacher. What is greater than the Mother of God? What more glorious than she whom Glory Itself chose?” (St Ambrose of Milan, 4th century)
“For Luke, in the inspired Gospel narratives, delivers a testimony not to Joseph only, but also to Mary, the Mother of God, and gives this account with reference to the very family and house of David.” (St Gregory the Wonderworker, 3rd century)
“And if the former (Eve) did disobey God, yet the latter (Mary) was persuaded to be obedient to God, in order that the Virgin Mary might become the advocate of the virgin Eve. And thus, as the human race fell into bondage to death by means of a virgin, so it is rescued by a virgin; virginal disobedience having been balanced in the opposite scale by virginal obedience.” (St Irenaeus of Lyons, 2nd century)
“Eve, who was a virgin, willingly brought forth the word of the serpent into the world. Mary, the Virgin, willingly brings forth the Word of God into the world.” (St Justin Martyr, 2nd century)
The ancient Christian Fathers with one voice honor Mary as the Virgin Mother of God, whose obedience to the will of the Father opens the doors of salvation for all. This understanding echoed through the centuries in Christianity, even in some most unexpected places. Consider the following:
“I firmly believe that Mary, according to the words of the Gospel, as a pure virgin brought forth for us the Son of God, and in childbirth and after childbirth forever remained a pure, intact virgin.” (Ulrich Zwingli)
“To this day we cannot enjoy the blessing brought to us in Christ without thinking at the same time of that which God gave as adornment and honor to Mary in willing her to be the mother of his only-begotten Son.” (John Calvin)
“She is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God.” (Martin Luther)
Through the prayers of the Theotokos, may our Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on us.
Love in Christ,
+FrAJ
Eastern Orthodoxy 
What I find interesting is that the Apostle Paul never once mentioned Mary.
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True. But the Evangelist Luke says that all generations will call her blessed.
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Calling her blessed because she bore the Jesus is not the same as saying she is the mother of GOD. She bore the hunam part of Jesus. This does not make her co redeemer or co mediatrix. If she had such a role and if one should pray to her, then Paul is remiss in not telling us so
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Don’t want to get into a long online debate here. But I will point out that in Luke 1 Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of my Lord.” Elizabeth’s Lord wasn’t Caesar, or Herod. Elizabeth’s Lord was God. In fact, in Greek scriptures, “Lord” is the term used when referring to the Hebrew name of God, “Yahweh.” By calling Mary “mother of my Lord,” Luke identifies Mary as the Mother of God. We believe that Jesus was both God and man from the moment of conception. Life begins at conception, so that’s when the incarnation began. It was completed at his birth… but in her womb, Mary carried God. This is also why Elizabeth’s words regarding Mary in Luke 1 parallel David’s words before the Ark of the Covenant in 2 Samuel 6 (see verses 9-11).
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