hospitality

IMG_1484How should one live? Live welcoming to all.
— Mechtild of Magdeburg quoted in Open Mind by Diane Mariechild

 

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What do I mean “open to God”? I mean… a courageous and confident hospitality expressed in all directions…. I mean an openness which is in the deepest sense a creative and dynamic receptivity — the ability to receive, to accept, to become.
— Samuel H. Miller in Man the Believer
“For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.” Galatians 5:13
IMG_0391“Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.”  1 Peter 4:9
34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.’ 37 Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? 38 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ 40 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,[a] you did it to me.’”  Matthew 25:34-40
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA“Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.”  Romans 12:13
“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.” Colossians 3:23-24
IMG_0762“For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.”  Mark 9:41
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