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   "‘And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat   
   upon each of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit’ (Acts   
   2:3-4). They partook of fire, not of burning but of saving fire; of fire   
   which consumes the thorns of sins, but gives luster to the soul. This is   
   now coming upon you also, and that to strip away and consume your sins   
   which are like thorns, and to brighten yet more that precious possession of   
   your souls, and to give you grace; for He gave it then to the Apostles. And   
   He sat upon them in the form of fiery tongues, that they might crown   
   themselves with new and spiritual diadems by fiery tongues upon their   
   heads. A fiery sword barred of old the gates of Paradise; a fiery tongue   
   which brought salvation restored the gift."   
      
   St. Cyril of Jerusalem (Catechetical Lectures: Lecture 17 no. 15), On   
   Pentecost. +   
      
   "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the   
   name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to   
   observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always,   
   even to the end of the age.” Amen."  Matthew 28:19-20   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)