[lightman]

Not all Protestants have ignored the close association of Mary, Jesus, and the Eucharist.

A United Methodist (!) eucharistic canon for Christmas expresses the eastern thought magnificently:

"As your Word became flesh,
born of a woman,
on that night long ago,
so in the night
in which he was betrayed
our Lord Jesus took bread,
and gave thanks,
broke it,
and gave it to his disciples
saying....."

[NYer]

That is quite beautiful; thank you for sharing it.

In the Maronite Catholic Church, as the offerings are carried up, we chant:

Halleluia
I Myself am Bread of Life, the Lord declared
From on high, I came to earth to bring the world,
Life from the Father
Pure word without flesh and like a grain of the finest wheat.
Mary's womb became for me a fertile garden,
Now priests carry me aloft, up to the altars.
Hallelulia. Accept our off'rings.