Embracing Christian Hospitality
A WARM, loving welcome is the first thing a person should experience on coming through our door, whether that is in our home or in some other context within the wider church community. It is the visitor’s experience of ‘welcome’ that will determine any future relationship they may have with their host. This is central to hospitality, building a relationship with another, understanding and accepting that each person reflects something of God by virtue of the fact that we are all made in God’s image.
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Caroline Farrar
is assistant priest at Gorey (Ferns) and director of sheltered accommodations for the Dublin Central Mission.