Welcome strangers -- but who's that, and how? Lemme explain

Scripture and Tradition are loaded with clear and eloquent explanations of the immense importance of welcoming strangers. God comes to us in the quiet of our hearts and speaks softly --sometimes. He also comes in as Creator of the universe, blowing up galaxies on a Wednesday morning with his cup of tea. Don't box him in! He wants us to love tenderly, but also to stretch infinitely. And so he sends us families, but also strangers. 

To welcome a stranger is to open yourself to God. There are other ways to greet God, but this is a fundamental struggle. Hospitality, like chastity, is a gift and an invitation: learn to love! Chastity is love in depth; hospitality is love with breadth: both are absolutely critical in a serious live -- in a Christian life, in any human life.

I've been blessed to spend years exploring God's call to welcome strangers -- in Scripture and Tradition. I've completed (first draft, in print soon) the task of explaining the Lord's command to welcome strangers -- from Adam the Exile to Pope Leo XIV the North/South American.

It's seven books. 

Let me share what I learned!