By Michael Pakaluk
The marvelous aspect of The Work, I think, is the importance placed on
friendship. Members of The Work are encouraged to be good friends to
their family and neighbors. In fact, as we understand it, the
principal way in which we are to be apostolic is through being good
friends to others. "Those words, whispered at the proper time into
the ear of your wavering friend; that helpful conversation you manage
to start at the right moment; the ready advice that improves his
studies; and the discreet indiscretion by which you open for him
unsuspected horizons for his zeal-all that is the 'apostolate of
friendship'" (The Way, n. 975). We aim to bring others to Christ
through sanctifying our friendships, by intimate and thoughtful
one-on-one discussions and by acts of kindness and consideration.
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