Denying the Holy Spirit

In the Holy Trinity, the love between the Father and the Son is so powerful and real that it is a third person, the Holy Spirit. This is imaged in the family, with the love between husband and wife so real that it gives life to a new person. When a man and woman deny the creation of new life, whether through contraception or abortion, they are literally denying the Holy Spirit. The Trinitarian Love, which is divine love, is thrown away. The image of God in the family is discarded. In the creed, we call the Holy Spirit the Lord and Giver of Life. It was the Holy Spirit who espoused Mary when she conceived Jesus, the fruit of her womb. Denying the new life that flows from the marital embrace is denying the very essence of the Holy Spirit.