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them, they regained the divine light. Joyfully fol
lowing it, they found their God in the lowly guise of an
infant. They contemplated Him, adored Him, prayed
Him to accept their gifts, and then went forth from
Him, wholly transformed.
CHAPTER IX
The Sunday and Week-days within
the Octave of the Epiphany.
Sources of the liturgy : Introit, extra-scriptural and Ps. xcix, 2.
Epistle, Romans, xn, 6-16. Gradual, Ps. LXXI, 18 and 3.
Alleluia, Ps. xcix, 2. Gospel, St. Luke, n, 42-52. Offertory
Ps. xcix, 2. Communion, St. Luke, ir, 48-49.
During this Octave the Church fixes our attention
wholly on the mystery which she set before us on the
Feast itself. Thus each day, the priest says the same
Mass, and in the Office, the same formulas invite medi
tation on the circumstances and the consequences of
this mystery.
On the Sunday within the Octave the Church tells
us how, when He was twelve years of age, Jesus appeared
in the midst of the doctors of the law in the Temple
at Jerusalem, where He manifested His superhuman
knowledge and wisdom. This manifestation followed
an act of obedience to the prescriptions of the Jewish
Law : Jesus had gone to Jerusalem with Mary and Joseph,