Third Sunday after Easter. Evidence of the law of God Fourth Sunday after Easter. Evidence of the Gospel Fifth Sunday after Easter. On hearing the word of God 190 214 240 263 Ascension. On the dangers of temporal pros- Sixth Sunday after Easter. Whit-Sunday. Continued Trinity-Sunday. life Corpus-Christi. The festival. SS. Peter and Paul. Page 287 313 335 357 $78 399 423 447 472 496 THE ANNUNCIATION OF OUR BLESSED LADY. ON THE MYSTERY OF THE INCAR NATION. And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin. and the virgin's name was Mary. Luke i. 26. THAT the ways of God are not like the ways of men, and that the designs of Eternal Wisdom are in direct opposition to the notions of worldly wisdom, is a truth which is particularly displayed in the mystery of the incarnation of the Son of God. -Yes, beloved Christians, the idea of a God descending from his throne of glory, in order to raise his créatures to B VOL. II. honour and dignity; of a God taking on himself our infirmities, and enduring the punishment which we, the unhappy transgressors, ought alone to have endured; of a God uniting himself with man, in order to unite man with God; this idea, I say, has been in all ages a scandal, and a folly to the wisdom of the flesh and, even to this day, the wisdom of God in this mystery is concealed from the understanding of the worldly wise: we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, says . St. Paul, which is hidden .... which none of the princes of this world knew, 1 Cor. ii. 7, 8. According to the world, true greatness is attained only by achievements which excite the admiration and applause of men and true happiness is to be found only in the enjoyment of sensual ease and pleasure. The world claims to itself the exclusive privilege of judging of every thing by the light of |