RICHARD ROHR Richar Rohr is a Franciscan Friar and a spiritual writer in the contemplative tradition. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico. Selected Quotations “Most of us were taught that God would love us if and when we change. In fact, God loves you so that you can change. What empowers change, what makes you desirous of change is the experience of love. It is that inherent experience of love that becomes the engine of change.” “When we fail we are merely joining the great parade of humanity that has walked ahead of us and will follow after us.” “Until we walk with despair, and still have hope, we will not know that our hope was not just hope in ourselves, in our own successes, in our power to make a difference, in our image of what perfection should be. We need hope from a much deeper Source. We need a hope larger than ourselves. Until we walk with personal issues of despair, we will never uncover the Real Hope on the other side of that despair. Until we allow the crash and crush of our images, we will never discover the Real Life beyond what only seems like death. Remember, death is an imaginary loss of an imaginary self, that is going to pass anyway. This very journey is probably the heart of what Jesus came to reveal.” Source (click here)
Online Materials: A conversation between Richard Rohr and Jim Wallis from 2020 on navigating the pandemic A short Easter message from Rohr in 2020 An interview with Richard Rohr from 2019 on recent theological reflections Further Reading The Center for Contemplation and Action website Just This: Prompts and Practices for Contemplation (Center for Action and Contemplation, 2017) The Universal Christ (Convergent Books, 2019)
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