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