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 lieving in  the  Father  and  the  Son,  rejected  the  divinity of  the  Holy  Ghost. But St.  Gregory,  Bishop of Tours,  hearing  of  it,  wrote  him  thus: “ Prince,  as you  do  not  believe  in  the  divinity  of  God  the  Holy Ghost, will  you  explain  to  me  why  St.  Peter  said to Ananias:  ‘Why  hath  Satan  tempted  thy  heart that thou  shouldst  lie  to  the  Holy  Ghost? . . . Thou hast  not  lied  to  men,  but  to  God.’  ” This argument was  too  much  for  the  king. He then and there  acknowledged  his  error  and  renounced his heresy.

''Q. What  do  you  mean  by  the  Blessed  Trinity? ''

''A. By  the  Blessed  Trinity  I mean  one God  in three  Divine  Persons. ''

About four  hundred  years  after  Our  Lord,  St. Patrick  was  sent  by  the  Pope  to  convert  Ireland from paganism. He arrived  on  Easter  Sunday  at Tara,  and  forthwith  proceeded  to  preach  Christianity to the  king  and  his  assembled  people. To illustrate the mystery  of  the  Trinity  he  stooped  and  plucked a sprig of  shamrock,  and  said: “ Behold  this  little plant which  bears  on  one  stalk  three  small  leaves, the exact  copy  and  resemblance  of  one  another. They are  distinct  and  yet  one,  for  they  form  but one sprig  and  rest  on  one  stalk. So too  the  God  I preach  to  you  is  one  in  nature  and  three  in  person, the Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost,  each  equally  God, but possessing  one  undivided  Godhead.”  Ever  since the Irish  people  have  loved  and  cherished  this  little