Author: Richard Rohr

Quotes

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

- Richard Rohr

If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.

If God continues to give me health and a sane mind and verbal ability, I want to teach.

- Richard Rohr

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

- Richard Rohr

I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in my own tiny world.

I've had the good fortune of teaching and preaching across much of the globe, while also struggling to make sense of my experience in my own tiny world.

- Richard Rohr

Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.

Your heart has to be prepared ahead of time through faith and prayer and grace and mercy and love and forgiveness so you can keep your heart open in hell, when hell happens.

- Richard Rohr

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.

- Richard Rohr

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.

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.

- Richard Rohr

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