THE PARACLETE

John 16:7
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.
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The Holy Trinity is composed of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. One God, three Persons. For many of us, this is a difficult concept to grasp. Yet we learn from scripture that He comprises three separate personages. One way to partially visualize this concept is to examine the nature of water (H2O). Water is a single compound that can exist in three states – liquid, ice and vapor. An egg is another picture. It is comprised of the white, the yoke and the shell, yet still one egg. These examples paint a complete picture of our God, but they are illustrative of the fact that His three “persons” in no way invalidate His oneness.

Moreover, we always studied and talked about God and Jesus Christ and yet spend less regarding the Holy Spirit. In Romans 15:30, we see the Holy Spirit has emotion, as represented by the capacity to love – “I urge you, [brothers] by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in the struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf.”

In John 14:26, we learn that the Holy Spirit is our Counselor and teacher – “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name – He will teach you everything and remind you of all that [I] told you.”

In 1Corinthians 3:16, we see that the Holy Spirit lives inside us – “Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?”

While each “personage” in the Trinity is distinct in function, each shares together in the same deity and each reflects the divine attributes of the one living God. Receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the great advocate.

Come Holy Spirit, and fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Your Divine Love. Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created, and You shall renew the face of the earth. Oh God, Who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructed the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolation. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen+

When I called, You answered me; You built up strength within me.