Daily Meditation: True Hospitality

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Tuesday March 6, 2012      True Hospitality  Every good relationship between two or more people, whether it is friendship, marriage, or community, creates space where strangers can enter and become friends.  Good relationships are hospitable.  When we enter into a home and feel warmly welcomed, we will soon realise that the love among those who live in that home is what makes that welcome possible. When there is conflict in the home, the guest is soon forced to choose sides.  "Are you for him or for her?"  "Do you agree with them or with us?"  "Do you like him more than you do me?"  These questions prevent true hospitality - that is, an opportunity for the stranger to feel safe and discover his or her own gifts.  Hospitality is more than an expression of love for the guest.  It is also and foremost an expression of love between the hosts.   Comment on this Daily Meditation. Journey with us this Lent. Reflect on COMPASSION.   Visit our website for inspiration, resources, news, events, community. Text excerpts taken from Bread for the Journey, by Henri J.M. Nouwen, ©1997 HarperSanFrancisco. All Scripture from The Jerusalem Bible ©1966, 1967, and 1968 Darton, Longman & Todd and Doubleday & Co. Inc. Photo by V. Dobson.

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