Friends

Time to sit back and relax for a bit, while

we remember the great blessing we have

in our friends. Enjoy this little video

meditation, and then lift your heart

and mind to the Friend Who dwells

in your heart of hearts.

St. Teresa of Avila wrote and spoke much

on this subject, which she knew so well

from knowing her own heart. She even

spoke of prayer as "a friendly conversation

with One we know loves us." The greatest

friendship of all is the one with Our Lord,

and Teresa saw all other friendships in

the light of that great love.

In The Way of Perfection, Chapter VIII

she writes of the friendships

she wants for her nuns:

"People will tell you

that you do not need such friends,

that God is enough.

But to be with God's friends

is a good way to keep close to Him

and you will always draw great benefit

from being with them.

I know this from experience for,

after God HImself,

it is due to such persons that I am not in hell.

I always wanted to have their prayers

and begged them to pray for me."

May we all be blessed with such friends,

and may we be such friends for

one another.