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"When
you come into My presence to adore Me, and prefer Me to the other things that
solicit your attention and make claims upon your time, I am consoled and
glorified.
The
proof of friendship is the choice of one's friend over all else. I want you to
prefer Me, to give Me time that could be given to other persons and things. In
so doing, you will show Me your love and offer Me the consolation of a true
friendship.
I
would ask this preferential love of all My priests. Friendship, if it is to
thrive, must be practiced. This is as true of friendship with Me as it is of
human friendships. I wait for the companionship of My priests."
(In Sinu Iesu - When Heart Speaks to Heart - The Journal of a Priest)