an advocate [intercessor: Paraclete] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 Jn 2:1–2). Jesus is therefore our Intercessor, not only by his petitions, but also by reason of his entire life, which he offered “for our sins” as “expiation”. In the “farewell prayer” in the Cenacle, the Lord explains how he accomplishes his intercession: “For their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may