The Bum on the Corner - 400 AD Edition

While preaching on today's Epistle of Paul to the Romans, Bp. Irineos discusses the gifts of ministry, humility and then finds himself sidetracked and convicted by Paul's admonition to pursue hospitality, and how badly he fails at it. Drawing on commentary from St. John Chrysostom from the turn of the 5th century, we see how our rejection of the needy and outcast is an age old problem that the faithful must answer for!