To my mind all other friendships are but as a shadow with respect to this, its links mere fragile glass compared to the golden bond of true devotion.
Such as these may well cry out, “Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is, brethren, to dwell together in unity!”Įven so, for the “precious ointment” of devotion trickles continually from one heart to the other, so that truly we may say that to such friendship the Lord promises His Blessing and life for evermore. I am not now speaking of simple charity, a love due to all mankind, but of that spiritual friendship which binds souls together, leading them to share devotions and spiritual interests, so as to have but one mind between them. Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure forever there. If your intercourse is based on science it is praiseworthy, still more if it arises from a participation in goodness, prudence, justice and the like but if the bond of your mutual liking be charity, devotion and Christian perfection, God knows how very precious a friendship it is! Precious because it comes from God, because it tends to God, because God is the link that binds you, because it will last forever in Him. Of Real FriendshipĭO you, my child, love every one with the pure love of charity, but have no friendship save with those whose intercourse is good and true, and the purer the bond which unites you so much higher will your friendship be. This is a Discerning Hearts recording read by Correy Webb PART 3 – CHAPTER IX. Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Stitcher | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | RSS | More Part 3 – Chapter 19 of the Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 - 3.5MB) | Embed
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