We usually start our day with the sign of the cross, offering everything to the Lord with this prayer: “In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” If you notice, all the prayers recited in the celebration of the Holy Mass start with invoking the Father and end with “…Grant this, through Christ Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.” With this, we profess our faith in one God in three Divine Persons: God the Father- the Creator, God the Son- the Redeemer, and God the Holy Spirit- the Sanctifier. Yes, we invoke the Holy Trinity, anytime, anywhere, when we are faced with trials and difficulties, when we go out, when we eat, when we enter the church, or wherever we are… we make the Sign of the Cross, in honor of the Holy Trinity. When we receive the sacraments, we make the Sign of the Cross. But we might be wondering: “Who is the Holy Trinity in my life?” We don’t need to dissect this mystery, but God Himself will teach us and He will let us experience His presence as a loving Father, as a loving Son in Christ Jesus, and as a loving Advocate in the Spirit. By the way, the word Advocate means Defender. Yes, the Holy Spirit is our Defender, here and now. The Holy Spirit has been present, from the creation of the world. The book of Genesis, chapter 1:27 says: … “Let us make man in our image and likeness.” In the 2nd Creation story, “Gen. 2:7, says: “The Lord God, formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, so the man became a human being…” The Spirit is the breath of God, which gives life. But we know from the creation story that Adam and Eve, disobeyed God. Yet, God did not abandon them. He made a long-range plan of salvation to redeem man. He called those He had chosen: the patriarchs, and the prophets, among them, to fulfill His promise to send the Messiah. In the fullness of time, God sent the Savior, His only Son into the world, to redeem man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a woman, suffered, died, and was buried, on the third day He rose again from the dead, He ascended into heaven… He promised to send the Holy Spirit, Who will continue to guide us and reveal the truth, about God’s loving plan of salvation. As we reflect on our salvation history, we would know that the Holy Spirit has been at work then and now, and He continues to reveal God’s saving power to His people. Yes, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Blessed Trinity, is with us. Isn’t it inspiring to know that amid troubles and seeming darkness around us, the Triune God is with us now, in the Holy Spirit?