The Rule of St. Benedict enshrines hospitality as a primary Christian duty because the world is full of stranded people who ache for the smallest sign that someone cares enough to be inconvenienced for their sakes. It might help if we realize that what people need has more to do with compassion than solutions to their problems. We might experience less guilty frustration at our inability to 'help' someone and more inclination to simply be there for them, however briefly, as they struggle on with this difficult life.
-- Paula Huston, simplifying THE SOUL
I am finding myself increasingly separated by this book, in a good way. Challenged to move beyond the intriguing nature of the ideas to the actions they compel. I have not been able to do it yet, to the degree that I would like. And, I feel the both the Accuser and the Caller near me. May God grant me the capacity to follow his calling however I can presently do so.
