Christian Quotes by Richard Rohr

Much of the Christian religion has largely become “holding on” instead of letting go. But God, it seems to me, does the…

— Richard Rohr

It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they…

— Richard Rohr

To believe in Jesus, is to believe that the historic person who lived on this earth more than 2000 years ago was…

— Richard Rohr

Pope Francis insists that mercy is at the very top of the Christian hierarchy of great truths, and everything falls apart whenever…

— Richard Rohr

I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most…

— Richard Rohr

Today we need whatever methods or help we can receive to allow the Christian message to take us to a deeper level…

— Richard Rohr

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

When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself. Most of our mainline Christian denominations,…

— Richard Rohr

What healthy religion is saying is that the real life is both now and later. You have to taste the Real first…

— Richard Rohr

Nature religions, for example, speak of summer, fall, winter, and spring. They see the downward path as the necessary prelude to any…

— Richard Rohr

Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made…

— Richard Rohr

In the last years, I've been reading the Eastern fathers, the older mystical writings, a rich, deep, and truly traditional Christianity which…

— Richard Rohr

Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority…

— Richard Rohr

G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in…

— Richard Rohr

It’s a gift to joyfully recognize and accept our own smallness and ordinariness. Then you are free with nothing to live up…

— Richard Rohr

Christians are usually sincere and well-intentioned people until you get to any real issues of ego, control power, money, pleasure, and security.…

— Richard Rohr

If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example,…

— Richard Rohr