Hospitality and Care

The Rule of St Benedict commands: Let all guests that come be received as Christ.1.

  • In dialysis units, caregivers embody this spirit—offering compassion, presence, and dignity.
  • For autistic people, environments that honour sensory needs, communication styles, and emotional safety are acts of radical hospitality.
  • In monasteries, hospitality is sacred. So too in clinics, homes, and communities where care is given freely and attentively.

To be received with gentleness is to be seen fully.


  1. RB, Chapter LIII


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