A companion is somebody that you share cameraderie and the pleasures of life with. A friend is somebody that lives life with you. Not just the pleasures and perks, but the aunguish and toil as well. A friend is somebody whom you would always help, whom you are not afraid to ask for help. The more close you grow in friendship, the more the person becomes a part of you, and you of him/her.
This is why in our closest friends, they sometimes take on a bit of the role of a Spiritual director. Do not misunderstand me. No friend can take the place of a faithful confessor. What I mean is that your truest friend is one that inspires you to be and do your finest each day for God and your neighbor yet will also accept the fact that you are not perfect. A friend of this calibur knows when to urge you to the difficult neccessary call of virtue, and knows how to put it to you in a way that you will be receptive.
A friendship this deep is giving counsel and a direction and often this includes the deepest and most spiritual realms of the human heart.
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