Why Is It So Hard to Make Friends?

Fr. Mike is honest about why it’s so hard for us to make friends. A
necessity for friendship is time, something that many of us simply
don’t have. More than that, true friendship requires a painful
level of vulnerability and transparency. When asking yourself who
you are willing to be friends with, you’re really asking “Who are
you willing to give access to your wounds?” With that in mind,
consider what Jesus said: “No longer do I call you servants, for
the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have
called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have
made known to you” (John 15:15). How much time do you spend with
Jesus? Will you give him access to your wounds? This is afterall
what it means to be a friend. Are you a friend of Jesus?