I have called you friends.

SAINT BERNARDINE OF SIENA, PRIEST (OPTIONAL MEMORIAL) I have called you friends. Friendship: it’s one of God’s greatest gifts to us. That’s because, in many ways, friends share the same heart. They experience one another’s joys as well as their sorrows. It’s this...

I have called you friends.

5TH WEEK OF EASTER I have called you friends. Have you ever thought about what it means to be a “friend of God”? Moses, who received the Ten Commandments, spoke to God “as a person speaks to a friend” (Exodus 33:11). Abraham was called a “friend of God” (James 2:23)...