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For Christians, hospitality is a reminder of their status as pilgrims in this world. But it reminds them above all that Christ came into the world as an alien: "He came to His own, yet his own people did not receive him"(Jn 1:11). Today he continues to ask for hospitality: "Look, I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my call and open the door, I will come in to you and have supper with you, and you with me" (Rev 3:20). He seeks to enter into the life of every person, every society, and every institution.