Service and Hospitality: Jerome on Hospitality to Pilgrims

Jerome (d. 420), though known primarily as a biblical scholar, was also deeply committed to hospitality. In Bethlehem, he and his companion Paula established a hospice for pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. Jerome wrote: "Let the poor man's table be a bishop's table, and let every pilgrim be received as Christ, for He will say, 'I was a stranger and you took me in.'"…