them after the misfortune of having died in sin. Oh, surely the love of God the Son for us is not less than that of the Father, for while the Father's love for man knows no limit in duration — is eternal — the love of the Son knows no limit in intensity — it is infinite.
Lastly, God the Holy Ghost — what has He done for us? Oh, we can well exclaim with the Virgin: " He that is mighty hath done great things to us, and holy is His name." For what would it have profited us for the Father to have created us, for the Son to have redeemed us, unless the Holy Spirit of God had come to sanctify and save us? And come He did on Pentecost in the form of tongues of fire — of tongues to show He came to teach us all truth, and of fire, because He came to enkindle in men's hearts the fire of divine love. For the Holy Ghost is the love of the Father and Son, and since the Son became man, the infinite love of God embraces all mankind. Hence when the Son ascended into heaven He and the Father sent the Holy Ghost to men to vivify the spirit of His Church, to protect her doctrines from error and her morals free from corruption. Not only the Church in general, but each and every one of us in particular, experiences the effects and fruits of the Holy Ghost, for He tells us it is His delight to inhabit our souls. Every temptation we resist is resisted with His help, every good action we perform is done by His inspiration and assistance. He has come to us not for a time, but to stay — to enter our souls in the innocence of childhood — to ac-
