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 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. ''

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