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 grees, positive,  comparative,  and  superlative; as,  for example, high,  higher,  highest. Of the  steeples  in our  city,  all  are  high,  some  are  higher  than  the others, but  one  only  is  the  highest.”  So  it  is  with God. He exists  in  the  superlative  degree,  and  however many  degrees  of  dignity,  perfection,  or  power there may  be  below  Him,  He  alone  is,  and  He  alone can be,  God  in  the  highest.

Q, How  many  persons  are  there  in  God?

A. In  God  there  are  three  Divine  Persons,  really  distinct and  equal  in  all  things — the  Father,  the  Son,  and the  Holy  Ghost.

This virgin,  a religious  of  the  Order  of  Hermits of St. Augustine, died  in  1308. So remarkable  was she for  her  devotion  to  the  Holy  Trinity,  that  she was said  to  bear  a representation  of  it  in  her  heart. After her  death,  the  vicar-general  of  Spoleto  and three physicians  visited  by  permission  her  tomb,  and opening her  breast,  found  in  the  heart  three  little round balls,  the  size  of  hazelnuts,  of  the  same  weight, size, and  color,  which  put  all  together  weighed  as much  as  each  by  itself,  and  each  one  separate  was exactly the  same  weight  as  the  other  two  together. Thus in  the  heart  of  this  virgin  was  marvelously represented the  mystery  of  the  most  Holy  Trinity.

''Q, Is  the  Father  God? ''

''A. The  Father  is  God,  and  the  first  Person  of  the Blessed  Trinity. ''