She also invited strangers (vagrants, etc.) to sit at the family table for a meal. She insisted to others that such visitors be served the same fresh delicious food, instead of leftovers. I totally agree! Jesus said to love our neighbors as ourselves.
When St John Vianney (the Patron Saint of Parish Priests) was a child his family invited many vagrants to their table every night. They say that one of these poor people must sure to have been St Benedict Jospeh Labre, the Patron Saint of Tramps. So imagine that two saints at the same table, one a child and one a Tramp. Hebrews 13:2 1Continue in brotherly love. 2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. 3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.…
