15. JESUS CHRIST AND THE HOLY GHOST

Classroom Confession, Great Falls, Montana, USA, 1953.

Photo by Nat Farbman.

In the words of the sacred liturgy He will be to you rest in labour, coolness in the heat, consoler in anguish, strength in conflict, sweetest refreshment, and most blessed light.

14. THREE SPECIALITIES OF THE HOLY GHOST

Posing with family, Bronx, New York, 1944.

Photo by Nina Leen

Beseech the Spirit of Love to be the bond of union between you and the Godhead, and between you and all your brethren.

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13. THE PROCESSION OF THE HOLY GHOST

Refreshments at Carmelite nun's reception. Bronx, New York, 1944.

Photo by Nina Leen

True religiousness is always joyful.  Take care that this is the case with you.  It will furnish an efficient test of your virtue.  

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12. THE THIRD PERSON

Crossing the North Atlantic aboard the Queen Elizabeth, 1948.

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

He communicated the Holy Ghost by breathing on the Apostles, and sent Him on the day of Pentecost in the form of a mighty wind (spiritus) as well as of fiery tongues.  The Apostle assures you that you are the temple of the Holy Ghost.  How great are the privileges and honours heaped upon those who have submitted to the obedience of faith, who strive to live the life of God, and make use of the Holy Sacraments!

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11. QUALITIES OF THE DIVINE SONSHIP

Easter Sunday, 2016
NY Yankees, Joe DiMaggio & Lefty Gomez shopping, 1939.
Photo by Carl Mydans

What wonderful privileges belong to you as member of Christ's body through His Church!  

Everything that is worth having costs something even when it comes to us from God.  Is it not worth while to pay any price in the way of mortifying your passions, suffering persecutions and working hard for such privileges?  

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10. THE SECOND PERSON, AS SON

Holy Saturday, 2016


Crossing the Lawn.  St. Benedict's Abbey, Aitchison, Kansas, 1955.

Photo by Gordon Parks

You must make your sonship perfect by cultivating the likeness to God. You will learn this in Jesus Christ.  Reproduce in yourself His sentiments, His actions, His endurance of suffering; so that He may not be ashamed to acknowledge you as His second self.

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9. THE SECOND PERSON, AS THE WORD

Holy Thursday, 2016


Through The Window.  West Berlin, 1962

Photo by Paul Schutzer

How mysterious are the wonders of Infinite Being!  They are utterly beyond our powers of discovery.  Thank God for having granted you a glimpse of them as in a glass and in a dark manner, while waiting for the revelation of the perfect day.

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8. JESUS CHRIST & THE FATHER

The Dionne Quintuplets prior to First Holy Communion, Canada, 1940

Photo by Hansel Mieth

Let the love of God predominate in your heart, animate all your life, and drive out all that is opposed to it.  This secures the fulfillment of all the law and the pardon of all sins;  it is the sum of all religion.

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7. GOD THE FATHER

Photo:  Stan Jones after composing Ghost Riders in The Sky, 1949.  
Photo by Allan Grant

The chief characteristic peculiarity of the First Person is inaccessibility i.e. He is unbegotten, unborn, and does not in any way proceed from any other.  This belongs to the Father alone; for God the Son proceeds from God the Father, and God the Holy Ghost from the Father and Son jointly.  

Adore profoundly this singular and supreme quality in God the Father.  No other being has even a resemblance to it.  

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6. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE DIVINE PERSONS

Pilgrims at Lourdes, France, 1958

Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

When we feel conscious of our weakness and misery, we may ask the Father to strengthen us; when we are oppressed by the sense of ignorance and blindness and folly, we may ask the Eternal Wisdom to enlighten us; when we tremble for our malice and perversity, we may ask the Spirit of Sweetness and Holiness to enkindle in us His heavenly flame.

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