every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“True baptism allows us to reframe, and contain, the reality of evil, without needing to blame anyone else, without any need for… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness becomes central to Jesus’ teaching, because to receive reality is always to “bear it,” to bear with reality for not meeting… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The way to transmute the pain of life is to reveal the wounded side of things, evil, even, and then place the… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so… — 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 Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
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 Image
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
