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Hey Spouts, today is Wednesday, September 19th, 2019. This week on the Catholic Spouts

podcast, we are talking about friendship. We are talking about not only how to cultivate

good friendships and seek good friends, but also how to be a good friend for those in our life.

We've already talked about the two most important elements of a good friendship.

Number one is a shared faith in Jesus Christ.

And number two is complete trust.

Trust that what we tell them will be respected and just a general

trust for our time together. Next, we're going to talk about the third most important

characteristic of a friendship, and that is that both friends have a willingness to forgive. We know that as human beings, we will do things

that are wrong. We will not only sin against God, but we will sin against our friends.

We will do things that are hurtful. We will be selfish. We will do all sorts of things that

could potentially destroy our friendship just because we're human. Now, the only way that a friendship

will endure is if we are willing to forgive.

There is nothing that will destroy a friendship quicker than a grudge.

When someone does something, whether they did it or we just think they did it, if we

brood and we hold on to that anger, the friendship will be destroyed. The trust will be gone and

there will be no friendship. So it is important that we learn to forgive. But forgiving can be very hard.

Now here are some ideas to help you forgive. The first thing is that we need to really know our

friend and push ourselves to see things from their perspective. This is the best way to move toward

forgiveness. If something happens, if they're selfish, if they won't come and help us when we need them,

when they say something behind our back that we didn't think they were going to share with other

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