Don't Have Any Friends?

We use the term “friend” loosely, introducing casual acquaintances
as “My friends Lucy and John.” But what is friendship, really? Fr.
Mike uses Aristotle’s three kinds of friendship—pleasant
friendships, useful friendships, and virtuous friendships—as
guidelines. While all three can be good, the first two can end up
being flimsy and fleeting; but the third kind, virtuous
friendships, really get to the heart of what good friends are to
us. They are on the same mission, they have many of the same goals,
we can even kind of see another self within these friends. Fr. Mike
emphasizes the need for us to have more of these kinds of
friendships, saying that if we don’t think they matter we may just
be distracting ourselves from our loneliness. Don't forget to check
out Fr. Mike’s newest project Quick Catholic Lessons with Fr. Mike
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teacher’s guide designed to accompany Fr. Mike’s most popular
videos, presented on a convenient DVD.