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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. "Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels." The Persistent Stranger is the second book in a series about immigration in Scripture and tradition. It's an argument for pro-active hospitality. The force of the teaching in Scripture is usually overlooked, and it can be a shock. The book is addressed primarily to people who identify themselves as "conservative" both politically and religiously. On immigration, you have to choose: conservative politics and conservative religion do not fit together. Scripture demands, over and over, that people who seek to know and love God must welcome strangers. +++ The teaching of Moses has a persistent pair: hospitality and salvation. One simple example: Moses named his two sons Gershom and Eliezer, referring to hospitality to strangers and God's action to save his people. The lessons from the Exodus: (1) thank God because we were slaves until God freed us, and (2) welcome strangers we too once were strangers in a strange land. The Israelites were across the Red Sea out of slavery into freedom, then God fed them in the desert with manna. Moses repeats it over and over: God saved us and fed us. This pairing continues in the New Testament. When Jesus was born, he was called two names - Jesus, which refers to salvation, and Emmanuel, which refers to hospitality. Zechariah proclaimed that God has "come to his people (hospitality) and set them free (salvation)." Jesus expected the disciples to understand that his hospitality feeding 5,000 people meant that he could also walk across the water (of Galilee, or baptism) to freedom. The hospitality of Holy Thursday can't be separated from the saving act of Good Friday. How in the world did Christians ever slip into a habit of overlooking the centrality of hospitality? Hospitality is a ray of light direct from the glowing heart of the Trinity. It's not the fullness of the Gospel; it is a single ray, like chastity or martyrdom. It bursts forth from God, and shines throughout creation. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says of the Church that we are to be a light on a hill. If the structure on a hilltop has strong stone walls that keep others out, that's a castle, not a church. A light on a hill is a sign of hope, offering the possibility of escape from the shadow of darkness, the valley of tears. It is a heart-born beacon that beckons, not cold stone that rebukes the broken heart. When Jesus asks of us that we become a light on a hill, some find that to be an invitation to arrogance. It is perhaps useful to note that the call to be a light goes with a call to be salt. Salt is a symbol of hospitality. But when you find salt - without food, and without guests, just salt by itself - you have been cursed. Salt, by itself, will shrivel you, make you ugly, and kill you. It's best to shake it loose, spread it around, and share it. The light-heartedness of hospitality shines throughout creation, and throughout Scripture. Once you see it, you cannot un-see it. And once you start to notice it, you find it glowing everywhere that God has been. +++ The Persistent Stranger is a piece of a larger work in progress (in 2016). The larger work, McGivney's Guests, emerges from conversations among Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal and service organization. McGivney's Guests explores the teaching and practice of hospitality in: (1) the Old Testament, (2) the New Testament, (3) the writing the Fathers of the Church, (4) three American saints who worked with immigrants, (5) the formal teaching of the Catholic Church about immigration, (6) the letter of the American and Mexican bishops, writing jointly in "Strangers No Longer," and (7) the practice and public position of the Knights of Columbus. Jesus on hospitality: "Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundatio Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Jesus Christ, in his description of the last judgment, said that he would sort out the sheep and goats looking at a series of services to other people. Did you feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, welcome strangers, clothe the naked, visit the sick, and visit those in prison? If yes, enter the kingdom. If no, depart into eternal fire. Whoa. Okay, let's try to do these things carefully. But what does "welcome" mean," and what's a "stranger"? Clearly, getting that right matters! The answer to those questions must be in the ancient culture in which Jesus lived and thought and taught. It must be in the scriptures that he read and used. So we should be able to read those scriptures -- that is, what Christians call the Old Testament -- and figure it out. And indeed, the teaching is transparent, crystal clear, abundant, and shockingly forceful. It's everywhere the Old Testament -- in the Torah (the Law, the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible), in the Prophets, in the history books, in the Wisdom books. Jesus commanded that we welcome strangers because he was a devout Jew. Of course, Christians believe that Jesus is the Word of God, one with the Creator, and that he was there before Abraham -- so he shaped Jewish thought, not the other way around. But in the short run, focusing on just the past 4,000 years, what Jesus taught emerged right out of the Old Testament. Understanding that body of thought matters! Hence this book. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Knocking at Haven's Gate describes four paradigms of hospitality in Scripture and Tradition. In our time, hospitality often seems to be a mere decoration, but historically it has been a value comparable to justice and truth. So recovering some sense of what our forebears thought about it matters.The book explores five questions.First, and most important: when Jesus spoke of "strangers," what did that word mean? Welcome them, he said, and you will be welcomed into the kingdom of God; or don't, and depart into regions of fire. That's pretty clear, but what's a "stranger"? A homeless man? Whoever knocks? An immigrant? The answer to what Jesus meant when he spoke of strangers must be in the culture in which he spoke - in the Old Testament.A: The teaching about strangers in the Old Testament is clear, forceful, and abundant. A stranger is whatever the Jews were when they were in Egypt. The word includes immigrants.Second, if the teaching about welcoming strangers is clear, forceful, and abundant in the Old Testament, it must show up in the New Testament as well. If not, I was projecting my own ideas into Scripture. So: is it there?A: The teaching about hospitality is indeed all over the New Testament. But much of it depends on a familiarity with the teaching in the Old Testament. For example, the Last Supper was foreshadowed by the First Feast, Abraham's hospitality to celestial strangers at Mamre.Third, if the teaching about hospitality is all over Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, it must be reflected in the life and teaching of the Church. If not, I was cherry-picking. So: is it there too?A: Hospitality is indeed a central value in the life and teaching of the Church. The Fathers taught about it at length, drawing on the Old and New Testament. But there's a fascinating shift in the general pattern of offering hospitality: while the Old Testament pattern was national and the New Testament pattern was personal, the pattern in the Church was ecclesial. Monks and nuns offered hospitality to strangers on behalf of the entire community.Fourth, if the teaching and practice of hospitality to strangers was so clear in Scripture and prominent in the life of the Church, why is it so minor - sometimes reduced to the level of mere decoration - in our lives today?A: The practice of hospitality for most of Christian history depended on monks. When monasteries were dispersed or suppressed, no one else stepped forward to fill the huge gap. Also, the teaching of Jesus about welcoming strangers (Matthew 25) was eclipsed by a popular teaching tool, the corporal works of mercy, which watered down the words of Jesus.Fifth, what's happening with hospitality now? Can we help 65 million people?A: Today, Pope Francis asks the Church to respond to the plight of refugees and migrants and other displaced persons - totaling about 65 million people on the road. Because of the near-eclipse that lasted for generations, many Christians are ignorant of Church history regarding hospitality, and reach back to a few scraps of the Lord's teaching. They are not confident that the Lord's words about welcoming strangers means that we must take care of 65 million foreigners. How about a homeless guy instead? The gap between the Pope's intent and the laity's response is deep and wide. To close the gap and energize the Church, we need a clear understanding of the teaching in Scripture and Tradition - and of the great eclipse that we must overcome.The book includes an addendum exploring the views of Thomas Aquinas on hospitality. Some opponents of immigration have set up Aquinas as a kind of alternative magisterium, rejecting the teaching of the Catholic Church in our time. But in fact, Aquinas's views are nuanced, and it's an error to quote one passage out of context to make him seem anti-immigrant. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.