<p><em>Father Cyprian Consiglio, OSB Cam.</em></p>
<p>This is one of those feasts on which it is interesting to do a eucology, a study of the prayers and texts with which the church garlands this feast in order to understand what the church is urging upon us. Of course this is a befuddling feast for liturgists, because it’s not clear if this is a feast of our Lord or a feast of our Lady. In spite of our penchant for order—it really doesn’t have to be either, but the texts do come down on the side of Jesus. Often we are taught that if we want to find a “theme” for a particular feast, we should look first at the responsorial psalm, which serves as a bridge from the first reading—normally, and in this case as well, from the Old Testament—and the Gospel.</p>
