Giving And Receiving Goods

Μεγαλύνει ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ δοξάζειν τὸν Θεὸν οὐκ ἔξωθεν εὔκλειαν αὐτῷ φέρειν παρίστησιν, οὐδὲ τὸ ἁγιάζειν τὸν Κύριον προστιθέναι αὐτῷ ἁγιότητα σημαίνει, οὕτω καὶ τὸ μεγαλύνειν τὸν Θεὸν οὐκ ἐπίδοσιν μεγέθους προσάγειν αὐτῷ δηλοῖ· ἀλλ’ ὁ μεγαλύνων αὐτὸν τσῦ μεγέθους αὐτοῦ μετοχὴν εἰς ἑαυτὸν δέχεται. Ὅθεν εἴρηται· Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον. Ταῦτα δὲ οὐ δοκεῖ παράδοξα τῷ ἀκριβῶς ἐπισταμένῳ, ὡς ὁ Θεὸς οὐ δέχεται, ἀλλὰ χορηγεῖ τὰ ἀγαθά. Ἅγιος Ἀθανάσιος ο Μέγας, Εἰς Τὸ Κατὰ Λούκαν Εὐάγγελιον, Ἐκλογή Source: Migne PG 27.1392c-1393a

My soul magnifies the Lord. 1 For as to glorify God is not to give some exterior renown to Him, nor does blessing the Lord mean that there is an addition to His holiness, so to magnify God does not indicate a bringing to Him of some increase of greatness, but the one who magnifies Him, magnifies the reception of the participation in His magnificence. Whence she said: 'May soul magnifies the Lord.' Which things do not seem strange to him who thinks carefully about them, as God does not receive goods but gives them. Saint Athanasius, Fragment on Luke 1 Lk 1.46