The first role of the Holy Spirit is  to sanctify us. Jesus saves us. The Spirt enables us to be holy. When we were baptized we became adopted sons and daughters of God, given a share in his divine life. We received sanctifying grace. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, through this grace we are make perfect in love. It is the role of the Spirit to perfect and bring us into a deeper union with God, so that we can have perfect, eternal union with the Trinity. Our role is one of response to this action of the Holy Spirit who is the initiator. How conscious are we of this move of the Spirit? Most of us are not. And yet, without the presence of the Holy Spirit, we could not grow in love of God and of our neighbor, which is what sanctifying grace accomplishes in us. Come, Holy Spirit. Sanctify me. Keep me one with you today.