Hospitality

 

dinner with neighbors Randy & Heather along with Josh & Brooke (former Vision 16 folks who are going on the Camino with me this summer) (and Erika & Keagan not pictured) on Sunday night 

dinner with Derick and Hannah (one of my former students) on Monday night :) 

A chalice sits at the center of the table representing both the literal meal the strangers were invited to and the table of the Eucharist we are invited to. It appears the Holy Spirit points towards an open space at the table, perhaps as an invitation to each of us, to all, to sit at the table—to be welcomed and received as Christ.

“At the front of the table, there appears to be a little rectangular hole. Most people pass right over it, but some art historians believe the remaining glue on the original icon indicates that there was perhaps once a mirror glued to the front of the table. It’s stunning when you think about it—there was room at this table for a fourth. The observer. You!” (Take Your Place at the Table, Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Richard Rohr)  

Let all guests who arrive be received as Christ: Hospitality and The Holy Trinity – Being Benedictine