"Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality" (Rom. 12:13). Here was our next connection point with Reading Abbey: Hospitality was a strong strand of Benedictine life. The Rule of Saint Benedict makes elaborate provision for hospitality, insisting that visiting strangers or pilgrims "who come to the monastery, be entertained like Christ Himself, because He will say, `I was a stranger and you took me in.""
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