'Friendship of Christ' Summary

The Friendship of Christ is a three-part book that explores the nature of our relationship with Jesus Christ. In the first part, Benson shows how we can enter into a personal friendship with Christ through the purgative and illuminative ways. In the second part, he discusses several modes in which Christ offers us His friendship here and now, such as in the Eucharist, in the Church, in the priest, in the saint, in the sinner, in the average person, and in the sufferer. In Part III, Benson recalls how Jesus Christ proved the depth of His friendship with us by willingly accepting death on the cross for our sake, and how He raises His friends to everlasting life with Him.