Room for More?

Day 7
Contrary to advice offered by TV personalities and trendy homemaker magazines, inviting guests for dinner is the simple act of sharing food around a table. It's not about matching china and napkin sculptures. Ironically, it is the poor who remind us about the gifts of hospitality, which has nothing to do with owning the perfect house or being the perfect host. In our culture we tend to avoid sharing of ourselves and our space. But when we make room for others at the table, for family, friends, strangers and even enemies, we make room for God in our lives. Like the Eucharist, a feast is a time to celebrate the gift of food. We are invited to the table of communion every day to imagine new ways to live, move, and have our being.

Small change? Invite someone new to share a simple meal with you this week.

Prayer: God who invites us to the feast, challenge us to widen our circles. Hebrews 13:1-3, 8-9, 16

With some restructuring to our food system, it is possible for the world to sustainably produce enough to feed our entire global family.