Quotes about Hospitality

Have I allowed my personal human life to become a 'Bethlehem' for the Son of God?

There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in the midst of a big push of work, but they should be always more than just food.

I often advise young brides who are traveling during their first weeks or months of marriage to start "homemaking" in a hotel, even if they are there for only a night, rather than groaning about having to "wait so long to have a home". How? ...Your own cloth, your own candlestick, just one rose or daffodil is enough to make a difference... You will be surprised how much difference it makes to have done something to make a room your home, even for one night.

The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

May your home always be too small to hold all of your friends.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

There's no place like home... except Grandma's.

For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

Peace be to this house.

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.