Become a God's Friend

The whole point of the christian life is to become a friend of jesus, says Pope Francis. We can see what this looks like concretely by examining our three saints for to day. First mary represents the path that spiritual teachers call finding the centre. She's like the central medallion in a rose window, the still point around which the entire beautiful design is organized. While mary listens attentively to JESUS, martha 's about all the details of hospitality. So she complains. Tell her to help me. Just a hint, everybody, you know all is not well with your spiritual life when you find yourself telling god what to do. But notice,