The little family flees to Egypt, where their ancestors had been enslaved for decades. Migration permeates the Old Testament. As early as Leviticus, the warning is given, “The foreigners residing among you must be treated as native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.” And St Paul tells us “Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers for by doing that some have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it”
The following prayer is an ancient Celtic rune of hospitality
We saw a stranger yesterday, we put food in the eating place, drink in the drinking place, music in the listening place, and with the sacred name of the triune God He blessed us and our house, our cattle and our dear ones. Open my heart Lord, to be the hospitality of Christ, to all those who come to my door. Open my heart to embrace the stranger, the friend, the rich, the poor. Open my life to offer a generous heart towards all. Amen
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