Our Lady has a prominent place in the mystery of the Incarnation. The time when the Church celebrates this mystery, that is, Christmastide—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany—is a sort of prolonged feast of Mary. No wonder that her place in Christmas carols and especially in Polish ones is outstanding.
The Blessed Trinity: The significance of our Lady can only be fully understood if it is viewed from the most fundamental truth, namely, the Blessed Trinity ‘from whom all things proceed”.
In the Polish carols there is full awareness of this fact:
I believe in one God in heaven
The Father who created this world for himself
In all things equal to the Father
He desiring to save our human race
From the high heaven descended on earth
And was conceived of the Holy Ghost
This carol, which seems to be the Creed specially arranged for Christmastide, gives the proper setting for the whole problem. It introduces the right order. But it does not exhaust all the ways in which this truth is presented.