The English have a saying: "In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Expressed in the contemporary language of visual impairment, the message is somewhat diluted and potentially less effective. The phrase is deployed to indicate that evaluations of another's ability (or indeed one's own)are invariably, both subjective and relative. By contrast, for those following the novus ordo calendar, today marks the solemnity of the One who surpasses all superlatives: