Isn't this an interesting title for this tale? This tale is about a priest who is known for this loving and giving nature all throughout the land. His generosity is known to attract people from far and near. One night while he is in the middle of his prayers there is a knock at the door. He rushes to answer it and finds a demon waiting for him. The demon asks to come in and the priest allows him to do so. As the priest returns to his prayers, the demon begins to break every religious artifact that he can see all the while spewing curses at loud as possible. When the priest was finished praying he started for home and the demon asked if he could come along too. The priest didn't hesitate and welcomed the demon into his own house. Once inside the demon once again began to rip down every religious artifact and spew curses as loud as possible. As they ate the demon asked the priest for one more thing, to come into his heart, and the priest without hesitation invited him in. The demon left defeated because by the priest giving him everything he robbed the demon of the one thing he wanted, his kindness, hospitality and generous spirit.
This tale speaks of hospitality and to whom we offer it. Too often in my own life, my hospitality was only offered to those who were safe. But that is not the way that Jesus lived. Jesus modeled hospitality to everyone that he came in contact with, especially the sinners and those deemed unclean. So why is it that we usually take the easy way out? Maybe during Lent we can begin to really examine such matters in our life.
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