Letter 4490
I am a fragile creature, yet strong too.
Setting out on a long journey, unsure of how many days and the places I will see. With no way to plan, I could try to take everything I might need.
Yet I will travel light, as disciples did in earlier days, with no coat. Let the hospitality of others, the aid of community, sustain me.
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When travelers come to my door, let me sustain them. They too are fragile.
It is in our care for one another that we are strong.
Consider:
Can I welcome and aid all who come today?
Reading:
❖ “The community… is the smallest unit of health.” — Wendell Berry, Health Is Membership
❖ “All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ.” — The Rule of St. Benedict, ch. 53
❖ “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” — Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)
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~B.R.
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