WITNESS
7-11-13
HOSPITALITY
Hospitality is defined
As a cordial and generous reception of
Or disposition towards guests
“Then Jesus
Said to his host:
“When you give a luncheon or dinner
Do not invite your friends
Your brothers or relatives
Or your rich neighbors
If you do
They may invite you back
And so you will be repaid
But when you give a banquet
Invite the poor
The crippled
The lame
The blind
And you will be blessed
Although
They cannot repay you
You will be repaid
At the Resurrection of the righteous” Luke
14:12-14
That’s our God
That’s our Jesus
God lives in
Each and every one of us
God has made a HOME
Living in the weak
Living in the strong
Living in the healthy
And the sick
Living in the attractive
Living in the disfigured
And living in the rich
And living in the poor
God took on
The face of man
In the person of Jesus Christ
Who in fact-was poor
Who in fact
Died a criminal’s death
Why would he do this?
He wanted us to know
That he felt
What each and every human being
Feels at some point
Coldness-indifference-ingratitude
Luke warmness and REJECTION
And he REMAINS
Accepting toward us all
God wants us
To love as he loved
To shun no human being
For the more
WE give of ourselves
The more we find love
In one another
“SHARE with God’s people
Who are in need
Practice HOSPITALITY”
Romans 12:13
God’s life
Is alive
In each and everyone of us
And by opening ourselves up
WHO KNOWS
Who we might meet
Along the way
“Do not neglect hospitality
For through it
Some have entertained angels
Without knowing it”
Hebrews 13:2
HOSPITALITY is
An ongoing discovery
Robert P. Wallman
2-25-13
Ps Inspired by
an article
In Living
Faith magazine
By Father
James Stephen Behrens, O.C.S.O.
WITNESS 7-11-13
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