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When we can see the image of God where we don't want to see the image of God, then we see with eyes not our own.

Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
Motivational Speaker
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Topeka
Kansas
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I believe in mystery and multiplicity. To religious believers this may sound almost pagan. But I don't think so.
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You come to God not by being strong, but by being weak not by being right, but through your mistakes.
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Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second.
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Ancients knew that you need guidance, patronage and protection as you move from one place or state to another, whenever you cross a bridge. You had better know what you are doing when you leave one group or place to join another.
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Egoic consciousness is the one we all normally operate with, until we are told there is something else! Every culture teaches egoic consciousness in different ways. At that level it is all about me, my preferences, my choices, my needs, my desires and me and my group as the central reference point.
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Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party.
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God comes to us disguised as our life.
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Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God
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Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.
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Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine.
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A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor.
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Much of what is called Christianity has more to do with disguising the ego behind the screen of religion and culture than any real movement toward a God beyond the small self, and a new self in God.
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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.
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The most amazing fact about Jesus, unlike almost any other religious founder, is that he found God in disorder and imperfection—and told us that we must do the same or we would never be content on this earth.
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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.
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There is a part of you that is Love itself, and that is what we must fall into. It is already there. Once you move your identity to that level of deep inner contentment, you will realize you are drawing upon a Life that is much larger than your own and from a deeper abundance.
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The great and merciful surprise is that we come to God, not by doing it right, but by doing it wrong.
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Much of the work of midlife is to tell the difference between those who are dealing with their issues through you and those who are really dealing with you.
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Most of us live in the past, carrying our hurts, guilts and fears. We have to face the pain we carry, lest we spend the rest of our lives running away from it or letting it run us. But the only place you'll ever meet the real is now-here.
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It seems we are suffering from a very narrow and self serving reading of the Gospel right now.
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