A Good Welcome

Ἐὰν τὴν στεφάνην ἐπιθῶμεν τῷ δώματι τῆς καλῆς πολιτείας, δυνήσόμεθα πάντως καθ' ὁμοίωσιν τῆς πιστοτάτης Ῥαὰβ, οὐχὶ κάτω που, ἀλλὰ ἄνω μᾶλλον ὑποδέξασθαι καὶ ξενίσαι τοὺς ἀγγέλους τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἀληθέστερον δὲ λέξω, αὐτὸν ξενοδοχῆσαι Ἰησουν Χριστὸν τὸν τῶν ἀγγέλων Δεσπότην. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΞΑ' Μελετιῳ Καγκελλαριῳ Source: Migne PG 79.109-b-c

If we would put on the crown in the house of good living, we are certainly able to do so in the likeness of the most faithful Rahab, who did not receive the messengers of Joshua in any place below, but in the heights, 1 and so, I speak truly, we welcome Christ the Lord of the angels. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 61, To Meletius the Cancellarius 1 Joshua 2.1-6