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 human respect, strengthens a man to hate sin, and steadfastly to practise virtue; preferring contempt, temporal loss, persecution, and even death, to denying Christ by word or deed.

5. The gift of knowledge, by which the Holy Ghost enlightens us with an inner light, that we may know ourselves, the snares of self-love, of our passions, of the devil, and of the world, and may choose the fittest means to overcome them.

6. The gift of piety and devotion, which infuses into us veneration for God and divine things, and joy in conversing with Him.

7. The gift of the fear of God, that childlike fear, which dreads no other misfortune than that of displeasing God, and which accordingly flees sin as the greatest evil.

Which are the fruits of the Holy Ghost?

They are the twelve following: 1. Charity. 2. Joy. 3. Peace. 4. Patience. 5. Benignity. 6. Goodness. 7. Long-suffering. 8. Mildness. 9. Faith. 10. Modesty. 11. Continency. 12. Chastity.

These fruits should be visible in the Christian, for thereby men shall know that the Holy Ghost dwells in him, as the tree is known by its fruit.

illed with joy over the gracious descent of the Holy Ghost, the Church sings, at the Introit of the Mass, "He fed them with the fat of wheat, alleluia, and filled them with honey out of the rock, alleluia, alleluia. Rejoice to God, our helper, sing aloud to the God of Jacob " (Ps. lxxx.). Glory be to the Father, etc.

O God, Who didst give the Holy Spirit to Thy apostles, grant to Thy people the effect of their pious prayers, that on those to whom Thou hast given grace, Thou mayest also bestow peace. Through Christ our Lord, etc.

In those days Peter, opening his mouth, said: Men, brethren, the Lord commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify