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Ex. : The  difficulty  of  the  subject.

I. What  is  the  Holy  Ghost? : i.  "  Holy  Spirit." 2. Human mind. 3. Difference.

II. He is  God :  1. From Scripture,   a.  Arian  difficulty. 3. Three  modes  of  production.

III. Objections: 1. How  "sent"? 2. Words  of  Amos. 3. Wresting  the  Scriptures.

IV. Descent: 1. Special coming. 2. Necessity  of  gifts. 3. Knowledge,  tongues,  miracles,  love.

Per.: 1. Special necessity  01  love,   2. Fortitude and  patience. 3. Invocation.

"O the  depths  of  the  knowledge  of  God!" exclaims St. Paul  in  the  presence  of  the  mystery  of  the Trinity. " Who  shall  declare  His  generation?  "  asks Isaias, speaking  of  the  birth  of  the  Word  from  the Father. And, Brethren,  not  less  incomprehensible, because not  less  divine,  is  our  subject  to-day,  the  procession of  the  Holy  Ghost  from  the  Father  and  the Son. It is  one  of  these  heavenly  mysteries  unfathomable even  to  the  angelic  intelligences,  altogether above  and  beyond  the  range  of  human  reason, and  known  to  mortals  only  through  faith  in the  revelations  of  God. May He  who  can  give speech to  the  dumb  and  render  eloquent  the  tongues of even  little  ones,  may  He  empower  me  to  treat  as worthily  as  mortal  may  of  His  nature,  of  His  glorious descent upon  the  Apostles,  of  the  wondrous  gifts  with which He  endowed  them;  and  may  He  give  you  to