ment. “And I suppose,” continued the lawyer, “ you even believe in the Trinity. Can you explain the Trinity? ” The conductor answered: “ I believe in the mystery most assuredly, but I cannot explain it. But can you explain to me how you move your finger?” “Because I will it,” rejoined the lawyer. “ Why, then,” demanded the conductor, “ cannot you will to move your ears? ” The lawyer was confounded, and hastened to leave the car, when the conductor, turning to another passenger, said: “ I declare I feared he would beat my argument by moving his ears, for a man who will only believe what he can see and understand is little better than an ass.”
Q. Can we fully understand how the three Divine Persons are one and the same God?
A. We cannot fully understand how the three Divine Persons are one and the same God, because this is a mystery.
St. Augustine and the Sea
The mystery of the Trinity is incomprehensible. The following anecdote is related of St. Augustine, the great theologian and Doctor of the Church. For many nights and days he had been meditating on the mystery of the Holy Trinity; he was of the opinion that one must at length attain thorough knowledge and understanding of the doctrine. One day he was walking on the sea-shore, pondering on this subject, when he saw a little boy who was engaged in carrying some of the sea-water in a shell
