Archangel: April 2025 — Not Servants, But Friends

Too often, Catholics reduce their lives of piety to that of a relationship between fearful Master and humble ser-vant. God is indeed the divine Master, but He chooses to deal with us on an infinitely higher level: “I will not now call you servants: for the servant knoweth not what his lord doth. But I have called you friends: because all things whatsoever I have heard of my Father, I have made known to you.” (John 15:15) Holy Week and Easter are times when we meditate on what God was prepared to do and to sacrifice to effect our return to His friendship. He deems us worth noth-ing less than Himself. Let us adore Him in return and give to Him what He gave to us: everything.