Chapter 53: The reception of guests (paragraphs 1-4)
The greatest care should be taken to give a warm reception to the poor and to pilgrims, because it is in them above all others that Christ is welcomed. (From para. 4 of Ch. 53 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
What seems special to me about the poor and the pilgrims is a lack of pretense, a way of being that is transparent because of unencumbrance, because of seeking God before all else. The desire for this transparency burns within me.
What seems special to me about the poor and the pilgrims is a lack of pretense, a way of being that is transparent because of unencumbrance, because of seeking God before all else. The desire for this transparency burns within me.
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