Saturday, November 08, 2008
welcoming strangers
How do you know whether it is not God you are receiving while you are thinking that you are only dealing with men? Abraham welcomed some strangers but, in reality, he received into his home God and his angels. So you, too, who welcome a stranger are receiving God. The Lord Jesus bears witness in the Gospel: "I was a stranger and you welcomed me. Whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:35-40)
-- Saint Ambrose (c.340-397)
-- Saint Ambrose (c.340-397)
