Message from Fr. Luis R. Largaespada V.F.

St. Hugh Catholic Parish

The Advocate, The Holy Spirit...will Teach You (Jn 14:26).

Don’t you wish you had an advocate?
Advocatus in Latin, is one who speaks for you. And that is the Holy Spirit, our great intercessor. Saint Paul calls Him so in the letter to the Romans (8:26) where he writes that “the Spirit itself intercedes.”

In a long passage from Romans which may be read today Saint Paul also tells us that “those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God” (8:14).

The redemption that Christ won for us is confirmed by the Holy Spirit, Whom we receive at Baptism. What a great gift!

I heard of a wise priest who once said that if we are not saints, it is because we don’t invoke the Holy Spirit enough. Let us invoke this Holy Spirit, this breath of God, with faith, become friends with the Advocate that pleads for us with inexpressible groanings, so that we may become holy. God bless you.

Fr. Luis R. Largaespada V.F.