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Excerpt from New and Old (Sermons), Vol. 4: A Monthly Repertory of Catholic Pulpit Eloquence Embracing Two Sermons for Each Sunday and Holy-Day of Obligation of the Ecclesiastical Year
The descent of the Holy Ghost was the price of the Sacred Blood of Je sus Christ, a favor accorded to his infinite merits and the final seal of our redemption. The disciples were not fit to receive this divine Spirit till after the visible departure of our Blessed Redeemer from this world. For this reason, our Blessed Lord said to them It is expedient for you that I go for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. (john 16 In a moment the divine Spirit changed them into other men, purified their hearts, in?amed them with zeal and gratitude; and made them not only forget their own safety, to publish their Master's Divinity, but sacrifice their lives for his honor and glory, and for the establishment of his Church. Turn your eyes towards Jerusalem, and consider attentively the glorious event which took place there, this day, at the very time that the Jews were celebrating the anniversary of the promulgation of their Law upon Mount Sinai.
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