“Charity, or friendship with God, is a great mystery indeed, but human friendships provide an obvious model or analogy for purposes of understanding and living in friendship with God.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
“The Lord has revealed his plan and purpose of making us into his friends. We have no natural ability to be friends of God, and we are weak in every way, but he loves us nonetheless.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
Jesus, if you knew who I was, you wouldn’t let me touch your feet. Yet it is because you know who I am that you
Peter must see again to the need to be washed, not just externally, but in the deepest place of wounds and weakness. He must walk with Jesus again, being again called to be made new. What was not possible alone is possible in Christ. Peter is called as living witness that even from our sins, God can make something new and even better.
How can we radiate Christ–and what does that mean?
What can Gary Zimak’s experiences teach you about finding a real friend in Jesus, and trusting in the Lord? Find out when Nancy HC Ward interviews him about his life as an evangelizer, and his new book as well.
