The Power of Friendship

Pope Benedict noted that God actually has Eros for us as well. The love of desire doesn't have to be sexual, it can simply be the kind of love that moves a person out of themselves to give of themselves. Here's Jesus on the cross, who's giving of himself; here's Jesus in the Eucharist and he'm giving of himself. So there's this incredible connection between Storga, Eros, and Philia in the love of Agape. And it all comes to perfection in the person of Jesus Christ, who loves us to the point of death, calls us his friends and gives us his spirit.