Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr
Richard Rohr, O.F.M.is a Franciscan friar ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is an internationally known inspirational speaker and has published numerous recorded talks and books, most recently Yes, And...: Daily Meditations, Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See, and Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
CountryUnited States of America
We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.
Jesus praised faith and trust – even more than love. It takes a foundational trust to fall, or to fail, and not to fall apart.
Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.
The Gospel gives our suffering personal and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others, and finally, by connecting us to the very pain of God.
Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you'll ever meet the real is now-here.
If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate.
God seems to be about turning our loves around and using them toward the great love that is their true object.
If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.
Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.
Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.
One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways.
Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.
The ego hates losing – even to God.
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.