The Catholic bulletin., 1916-01-29

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Ghost, cry "out from the depths" OF
their own nothingness. yet with
hearts filed to overlooking with
praise, love and gratitude, unite with
the blessed spirits in heaven in say
ing: GLORY be to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As
it was in the beginning, Is now, and
ever shall be, world without end,
Amen
The beloved disciple st. John writes
(Apoc. III: II saw a great multitude
which no men could number, of all
nations, and tribes, and peoples, and
tongues, standing before the throne,
and in the sight Of the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their
hands; and they cried with loud
voice, saying: Salvation to our God
Who sitteth upon the throne, and to
the Lamb And all the angels stood
round about the throne and.
they fell before the throne upon their
faces and adored God, saying: Amen,
benediction and glory, and wisdom
and thanksgiving, honor and power,
and strength to our God, for ever and
ever Amen
What great grace? What a
wondrous privilege to be noticed by
| the Holy Spirit of God, and singled
out and so attracted to this sanctify-
| ing and glorifying devotion to the Holy
| Ghost and thereby to be introduced,
Iiwhile yet on earth, to the choirs OF
| the angels and blessed spirits in
heaven, in praising and glorifying the
one only God in three divine persons,
the Father, the Eternal Son, and the
Holy Ghost!
! To souls who are constant to this
angelic practice on earth the rays OF
heavenly light are directed, so that,
aided by this grace, they are enabled
to see, within their very soul, what
ever stains its purity, in order to re-
move them by acts of true contrition,
by acts of faith, hope, and burning
/ charity. While the oftener this is
done, the greater is the satisfaction OF
Him Who dwells in them, the Holy
Spirit of God.
To souls given thus to the practice
of adoring and praising and thanking
and glorifying the ever Blessed Trim
/ ity, God gives in return an increase
of sanctifying grace and greater
facility of praying with greater
recollection and fervor. These souls
accustom themselves to walk in the
presence Of God, and find it their de-
Tight to be alone with God!
BY degrees all love for earthly
/ things fade away-sin alone is feared
and avoided, and the powers of the
soul-the memory, the understanding
and the will are employed more care
| fully than ever in heavenly things and
the service of God.
| Aided by the Holy Ghost, the mem!
ory of souls devoted to Him, is won
derfully assisted; the intelligence is
enlightened from on high, and the will
/ confirmed in good by Him Who came
at Confirmation, endowing the soul
i with his seven-fold spirit
These souls, in their knowledge and
| love of the Blessed Trinity, though
upon earth, and in the world, are not
earthly in their desires, nor worldly
in their habits; they say with the
Prophet: Il beheld the earth. and, 10,
it was void (Jer. ", 23). Their con-
versation is in heaven, their heaven
is at present within them, where all
three persons of the ever Blessed
Trinity, abide John XIV, 23), and
their song of joy, even amidst pain,
| is: GLORY be to the Father, and to
i the Son, and to the Holy Ghost"
| Who upon reading of these things,
concerning all true and constant low
ers of the Holy Ghost, infinite love of
i the Father and the Son, can doubt
that one day they will sing aloud in
the home of Gods glory-heaven:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts,
the heavens are filled with Thy glory!
Glory be to the Father, glory be to the
Son, Glory be to the Holy Ghost?
Il Would you who read this wish to
hear ring aloud throughout Paradise
the praises of the ever Blessed Trim
| ity? Take up devotion to the Holy
Ghost, and commence now on earth to
recite the GLORY be- with the utmost
reverence, attention, and purity oil
heart, and this JOY shall be yours.