Quotes from Fr. Richard Rohr

Christianity, for some, is neither faith nor reason—just reactive tribalism hiding behind the skirts of Mother Church.

One of the few generalizations we can make in the field of universal spirituality is this: No one else is your problem.

one consistent and clear revelation in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures, it is that the God of Israel is the one who turns death into life (see Deuteronomy 32:39, Romans 4:17, 2 Corinthians 1:9). When we can trust the transformative pattern, when we can trust that God is in the suffering, our wounds become sacred wounds and the actual and ordinary life journey becomes itself the godly journey, trusting God to be in all things, especially

Live simply so that others may simply live.

When 'happiness' eludes us - as, eventually, it always will - we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again.

Prayer is not about changing God, but being willing to let God change us.

Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.

I think your heart needs to be broken, and broken open, at least once to have a heart at all or to have a heart for others.

One would think that people who insist on being monotheistic would be the first in line to walk across the artificial boundaries created by nation states, class systems, cultures and even religions. But often they are the last!

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.

Faith does not need to push the river because faith is able to trust that there is a river. The river is flowing. We are in it.

Before the truth sets you free, it tends to make you miserable.