There are times when we need an Advocate. We need someone to advance our cause, to put into words what we’re feeling, and to speak truth to the powers holding us back. The best Advocate of all is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father has sent in the name of Jesus. The gospel is part of Jesus's going away speech to his disciples. He makes this speech the night before he died. It is fitting that the church places this reading toward the end of Easter, in between the resurrection and Pentecost. He said, “I am going away and I will come back to you.” He continues, “The Advocate, the…