The innkeeper did not receive the holy family because "there was no more room available". They are just like us, our hearts are full of worldly pomps, amusements, vices and pleasures that's why when God knocks at the door of our hearts we say too "there is no more room".
My heart hated such people, though not with a "perfect hatred" ; for doubtless I hated them more because I was to suffer from them than on account of their own illcit acts.
-St. Augustine
(Confessions: Book V, Chapter XII)
UP alumnus Aaron Cris P. Vega (Sports Science '19) sits down with the UP Forum in a conversation on what it means being a Summa Cum Laude graduate. A native of Iligan City, he shares his motivations in his studies in UP and how his faith kept him pursuing honor and excellence.
βIf a person repeats often in his heart, Lord, when shall I love Thee? He will feel a heavenly fire kindled in his soul much more than by a thousand bright thoughts or fine speculations on divine secrets, on the eternal generation of the Word or the procession of the Holy Ghost.β