OMISSIONS The foolish virgins kept chastity, grace and modesty for their own use, but not useful to anyone. So they were thrown out. So are those who do not relieve the hunger of Christ. Consider carefully that none of them is accused by private mistakes, fornication, perjury or anything else, but only because it was not useful to others. I wonder: Is Christian who behaves like this? If the yeast mixed with flour does not make change, is it true ferment? If the perfume does not give off good scent from the bystanders, did we call perfume? "(St. John Chrysostom). "But I do not do anything wrong ... "Okay, but what are you doing good?
WHAT IS A FRIEND? GUATEMALANS By: Mr. Guillermo Mazariegos
A true friend is someone who is interested in good and happiness of man, this leads him not to seek to have friends, but to seek "be friends."
When we are in a problem and we can not leave, how we want the hand of a true and faithful friend to provide us with your comfort and encouragement. Your advice gives us courage, your company peace, and even his mere presence forces us to keep standing strong like trees.
Some people "want" to have many friends to "feel popular," Amigans boast. Live to its reputation and despise those who do not belong to his "gang." Poor fools! Unaware that they have no friends and they, of friends, they have nothing.
A true friend does not seek to "make friends" but "be friends." With all that this implies. He does not care neither fame nor money, nor the other truck. Interested in the welfare and life of his friend.
friend can not call anyone. Friends are not the "marita" of people that get together to go to the plaza, to the disco, bar, coffee or holidays. With whom I spend more or less well, and supposedly I have fun, but when I leave them smiling hostess, they are still more that some unknown, some "buddies" with whom I wandered and I looked at my interests.
The friend said all the law, seeks only the good of his friend, though it cost. Is in good and bad, always close. Forgive and excuse the offenses and mistakes with patience. And if you compete and help correct it with sincerity. If a friend falls, rises. If you are injured it heals and brings in her arms. Fight together in life and are driven by the ideals. Be glad when the friend is happy and suffers with the suffering friend. Both are "one heart and one soul."
The friend has
heart in the friend and seeks the greatest good to take him to Heaven. Do not seek to accumulate here on earth, but their friendship is rooted in Christ.
A friend is also a brother. The brother is, in fact, the friend that nature gives us and unite us blood ties.
The friend, not blood of his blood, but is the soul of his soul, and joins an unbreakable bond.
not born with friendship, but it is impossible to grow. For the child, the friend means a lot and grows with your friends. It is better to discover life adventures with a friend than alone. "As iron sharpens iron and man with his neighbor is refined" (Proverbios. 27, 17)
Clearly, the friend is one of the greatest treasures that God has given us a drive to get to Heaven.
Christ, best friend, we sublimate this virtue, and confirms us in the Gospel: "No one has greater love than to lay down his life for his friends."
Finally, a poem by Lope de Vega:
What do I have my friendship?
What do I have my friendship?
What do I have my friendship? What interest you, my Jesus, to my door, covered with dew, spend the dark winter nights?
Oh, how my heart was hard, because not let you in! What strange madness if my ingratitude ice cold sores dried
your pure!
many times the angel said to me peek out the window now; see how lovingly call stubbornness "!
And many times, beauty sovereign "Tomorrow we will open", he replied, for the same answer tomorrow!
