"I Was a Stranger and You Did Not Welcome Me"

[Fish and Bread]

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“I was a stranger and you did not welcome me.”

A reflection by Father James Martin, SJ (SJ stands for the Society of Jesus aka the Jesuits).

Father James doesn't mention it and I don't think we've discussed it here on the forum yet in this context, but as I read through this article I was reminded of the Book of Ruth, which I think is relevant to this discussion, and to current events. It's in the Old Testament. Only 4 pages or so in most bibles. It's my favorite book of the Old Testament aside from Tobit.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

Of course we have to welcome the stranger to our country. ( Australia in my case)My only reservation, from a pragmatic point of view, is there needs to be infrastructure ready for large intakes and rigorous checks on people's past, whatever their nationality, race or religion. I felt sorry for Germany last year, who had to take huge amounts of refugees on short notice. How would Australia have coped? We've been pretty lucky so far.
But the move by Trump was totally disrespectful I agree and so do the Catholic Bishops in America, it seems.