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 no greater  than  ourselves,  an  imperfect  being,  or  we should  be  equal  to  God  and  perfect. Imagine you  see myriads of  angels  and  saints  prostrate  before  the  throne of the  Divinity,  with  the  most  profound  reverence  and admiration, and  hear  them  continually  singing,  "  Holy, holy,  holy,  the  Lord  God  of  hosts." (Is. vi.  3.)

II. The second  person  of  this  Divine  Trinity  will  visit you to-day,  and  with  Him  the  Father  and  the  Holy Ghost, who  being  of  the  same  nature  with  the  Son,  are also in  a  certain  and  special  manner  present  in  the  Eucharist. Examine what  entertainment  you  ought  to  give these Divine  guests. If you  think  it  too  much  to  purify your soul  from  every  sin  and  every  affection  of  sin,  to renounce  effectually  whatever  you  know  to  be  displeasing to  these  Divine  guests,  you  have  a  very  incorrect  and a very  mean  idea  of  the  Holy  Trinity.

III. With what  fervor,  humility,  and  devotion  Abraham received the  three  angels  who  were  an  emblem  of  the Holy Trinity! "He received  three,  but  he  adored  only one,"  writes  St.  Augustine,  "saying,  Lord  if  I  have  found favor  in  Thy  sight,  pass  not  away  from  Thy  servant. " He then  ran  to  his  herd,  took  one  of  his  best  calves, boiled it,  and  placed  it  before  them. Act in  the  same manner, and  present  your  guests  with  the  best  gift  you can make  them. This gift  can  be  no  other  than  your heart warmed  and  inflamed  with  the  fire  of  charity. Say with the  Church,  "  Blessed  be  the  holy  and  undivided Trinity  now  and  for  ever."

I. The  eternal  Father,  as  faith  teaches  us,  is  the  fountain and  origin  of  the  other  persons  of  the  Trinity