To be friends with Jesus, a love of feelings, of emotions is not enough. We must love Jesus with a love of dedication, of fidelity. With a love made works. The world in which we live is in need of friendship. We have advanced so much in so many things, we live so fast and so busy, that, at last, we forget the most important thing. The noise and speed are eating the dialogue between humans and we have more and less friends and acquaintances.

The Greek philosopher Socrates claimed that he preferred a friend to all the treasures of King Darius. For the Latin poet Horacio, a friend was half his soul. St. Augustine did not hesitate to say that the only thing that can console us in this human society so full of work and errors is the unfeigned faith and love that each other's true friends profess. What is friendship? Simple sympathy, companionship, camaraderie? Friendship is one of the highest aspects of love. Aristotle defined friendship as wanting and procuring the good of the friend for the friend himself. Laín Entralgo defined it this way: "The communication full of love between two people, in which, for the mutual good of these, the human nature is realized and perfected".

DR