The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-06
TIE HOLY TRINITY.
The End of all Other Mysteries-The
Alteration of the Heavenly Spir-
its-Man's Irrational Neglect.

Revelation teaches that in one God
there exists three distinct persons
the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost. Though impossible to be COM
pretended, this mystery is easy to be
believed, when we once acknowledge
the authority which teaches it. For
the authority of revelation being
granted to be divine, whatever it
teaches must of necessity be true.
Now this authority rests upon public
facts, which cannot be impugned with
out admitting principles which de-
stroy evidence and overturn society.
The mystery of the most holy Trim
ity is the first article of our creed,
and the others are but the manifesta-
ton of the external attributes of the
three Divine Persons, and exhibit to
us the bounty, wisdom and justice. of
God three-in-one. If only the Son took
flesh, if only the Holy Spirit descend
ed on the apostles, these acts of di-
vine liberality are attributable to the
united counsels of the three Divine
Persons; hence our gratitude is due
to all the Divine Persons equally.
The mystery of the blessed Trinity
is the end Of all other mysteries; be-
cause, in their last result, they all
tend to to glory Of the triune God.
Every festival kept throughout the
year, is a festival in honor of the
Trinity; yet the Church cannot but
appoint one day for the drawing OF
oYY attention in n moro pcDccio1 man
ner to this holy mystery. Invited,
then, by the recurrence of the festi-
val, let us bow down, with more than
usual attention and fervor, to adore
the majesty of God;-the very Being
of Beings, SelfeXistent, and bOundlesS
in projections. This is He in whose
praise the angels delight to attune
their golden harps. This is He, be-
fore whose crystal throne the kingly
elders uncover their venerable brows,
and bend in solemn worship, while
the cherubim with golden censers per-
fume the hallowed court, and holy
spirits, enraptured at the glorious
presence, peal their harmonious
strains, till, lost in wonder, their joy
cadence, Holy, holy, holy" They
veil their faces; for the majesty of
God is too much for the angels stead
tasty to gaze upon, till the unspeak-
able benignity Of God gives them con-
fidence. With what ecstasies do they
reflect that this immensely is the
grandeur of their own eternal Father,
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eternal reward This is but a faint
sketch of the holy city: for no power
of human words can express, no soar
ing of human fancy can conceive, it's
rapturous delights.
Could we, but one moment, be wit
nesses of that eternal festival, how
would the grandeur of this little world
dwindle into its own contemptibleness.
And yet this inconceiVable splendor is
our own. For we are no longer guests
and strangers, but citizens of the
saints and domestics of God. Let us,
then, commence, here in time that
hymn of praise which we may sing to
all eternity in heaven. Let us show
our faith in our lives. Let us always
remember, that faith, if it have not
works, is dead in itself, and that by
works man is justified, and not by
faith only. Belief in the existence OF
God the Creator and Sovereign Lord
of all things, who, forming us to His
own image, has rendered us capable
of the eternal enjoyment of Himself,
should inspire love, gratitude and ado
ration. But are we all punctual in
the discharge of these duties. Is the
worship of God generally attended to
as the first of mans obligations, and
regarded as the choicest pleasure in
which he can indulge, as the highest
honor to which he can aspire? Many,
indeed, there are, who, waking from
their slumbers, enter forthwith upon
their daily ayocations, and blush not to
acknowledge that they cannot find
time to pray or to think of God in the
morning. The day passes in the bus
tie Of worldly affairs, and. evening