Once God and grace move us to the second half of life, religion becomes a mystical matter, rather than a moral matter. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Jesus praised faith and trust – even more than love. It takes a foundational trust to fall, or to fail, and not… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“It seems that in the spiritual world, we do not really find something until we first lose it, ignore it, miss it,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Religion was made to order to "save the world," to use a phrase Christians use so much, but we really haven't been… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“I hope we can inaugurate a new humility in our use of religious language, which for me is the very proof that… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to make political statements ,but theological statements. How can religion get itself so identified with one political party, exclusionary… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Faith is so rare-and religion so common-because no one wants to live between first base and second base. Faith is the in-between… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Salvation is not a divine transaction that takes place because you are morally perfect, but much more is an organic unfolding, a… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Without transformation, you can assume you're at a high moral, spiritual level just because you call yourself Lutheran or Methodist or Catholic.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In terms of the ego, most religions teach in some way that all of us must die before we die, and then… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The Risen Christ is the standing icon of humanity in its final and full destiny. He is the pledge and guarantee of… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Our religious institutions are not giving very many men access to credible encounters with the holy or even with their own wholeness.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
All great spirituality teaches about letting go of what you don’t need and who you are not. Then, when you can get… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“One of the major problems in the spiritual life is our attachment to our own self-image—either positively or negatively created. We have… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“If there is no list of names in eternity, we are burdened with making our own personal name day after day. Either… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The simplest spiritual discipline is some degree of solitude and silence. But it's the hardest, because none of us want to be… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Once you see that your skin and your gift are two sides of the same coin, you can never forget it. It… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“True spirituality is not taught, it's caught. Once our sails have been unfurled to the Spirit, henceforth our motivation for the journey… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The hope is that science gives us objective truth; religion, however, gives us personal meaning or personal truth. They should not be… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The message of "falling" - failure, death, crucifixion, whatever you want to say - is not really that. Some sort of falling… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity; Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the True Self--and the full Christ Mystery (not the same as organized Christianity)--will always live in the backwaters of any empire… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
After 32 years as a priest , I think its fair to say that most institutional churches are very limited in addressing… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
What healthy religion is saying is that the real life is both now and later. You have to taste the Real first… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Jesus liberated us from religion. Jesus taught simple religious practices over major theorizing.Â… The only thoughts Jesus told us to police were… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Spirituality is about being ready. All the spiritual disciplines of your life - prayer, study, meditation or ritual, religious vows - are… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
People who’ve had any genuine spiritual experience always know that they don’t know. They are utterly humbled before mystery. They are in… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
What I wish I had said in the book [Falling Upward] is that part of the attraction of conservative religions, such as… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share
In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. — Richard Rohr Copy Share
You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
“In the end, we do not so much reclaim what we have lost as discover a significantly new self in and through the process.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
“I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
“I believe contemplation shows us that nothing inside us is as bad as our hatred and denial of the bad. Hating and denying it… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
We don't have much wisdom about the second half when things really open up and end up looking a lot more progressive. In my… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
The real spiritual journey is work. You can make a naïve assertion that you trust in Jesus, but until it is tested a good,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share
![“What I wish I had said in the book [Falling Upward] is that part of the attraction of conservative religions, such as Mormonism, Mennonite, Amish, groups we would consider very traditional, is that they actually do the first half of life very well. They are often very happy people.” quote by Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/842/richard-rohr-618_amish_what-i-wish-i-had-said-in-the-book-falli_2094548.png)
