ππ΅πΌπΌππ² π¬πΌππΏ ππΏπΆπ²π»π±π πͺπΆππ²πΉπ: A Catholic Perspective
In this life, our friendships can shape our journey to eternity. True friends encourage us to grow closer to God, walking with us toward salvation. St. John Bosco, a great saint and friend of youth, taught: "Do you want to do a good deed? Teach the young to be good. Do you want to perform a holy act? Correct someone who is wrong. Do you want to do a holy thing? Advise someone well. There you have it." True friends lovingly correct us and lead us to holiness.
The Bible warns us about choosing friends carefully: "Be not a friend to an angry man, and do not walk with a furious man: Lest perhaps you learn his ways, and take scandal to your soul" (Proverbs 22:24-25, Douay-Rheims). A good friend is a partner in virtue, not a source of sin.
St. Augustine, a Doctor of the Church, reminds us: "In this world, two loves have built two cities: the love of God, reaching even to the contempt of self, and the love of self, reaching even to the contempt β¦More
This was instilled in me from an early age. If any of my friends began doing scandalous acts continuously and refused to even try to stop sinning, I would drop them as friends.