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 Ghost, who  is  certainly  not  the  begotten  of  the Father, must  of  necessity  be  a  mere  creature. But our holy  faith  maintains  that  besides  the  generation of the  Word  and  the  creation  of  the  universe,  there is in  God  a  third  productive  operation  by  which  the Holy Spirit  proceeds  from  the  single  will  of  the Father and  the  Son. Not less  productive  than  the divine intellect  is  the  divine  will. The Son,  therefore, proceeds  from  the  Father  alone  by  generation; the Holy  Ghost  from  both  Father  and  Son  by  mutual love, and  the  universe  of  angels  and  men  and  things from Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  by  the  act  of creation.

But, Brethren,  since  God  is  everywhere,  how  can the Holy  Ghost  be  said  to  have  been  sent  into  the world or  upon  the  Apostles? God is  indeed  everywhere, but  it  is  possible  for  the  divine  persons  to  begin to  exist  under  a  new  aspect  where  they  did  not previously so  exist. For example,  God  the  Son,  as  St. John  says,  "  was  in  the  world,  but  the  world  knew Him  not,"  but  in  the  plenitude  of  time  the  Father sent Him,  made  under  the  law,  born  of  a  woman,  so that  the  Word  was  made  flesh  and  dwelt  amongst us in  an  altogether  new  and  extraordinary  manner. So, too,  the  Holy  Spirit. When an  infidel  or  heretic is converted,  the  Holy  Ghost  comes  to  him  under  the form of  faith  and  hope  and  charity. When a  sinner repents, the  Spirit  of  God  begins  to  dwell  in  him  by grace  and  its  accompanying  virtues. That is  why these virtues  are  by  Isaias  called  spirits,  "  the  spirit of  wisdom  and  understanding,  the  spirit  of  counsel