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People wanted to me to describe more about what I call the container, and then describe what the second half of life feels like.

Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 20
Catholic Priest
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Sacramental listening reminds us that current suffering isn't the end of the story. God loves us deeply, and the vision for the future is vaster and more magnificent than we could ever imagine. In these moments of profound human presence, we are awakened to the divine presence and see that the kingdom of God is coming and yet is already here.
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The most common one-liner in the Bible is, Do not be afraid. Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.
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Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy.
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We are just a little tiny flicker of a much larger flame that is Life itself, Consciousness itself, Being itself, Love itself, God’s very self.
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What some now call 'emerging Christianity' or 'the emerging church' is not something you join, establish, or invent. You just name it and then you see it everywhere- already in place! Such nongroup groups, the 'two or three' gathered in deep truth, create a whole new level of affiliation, dialogue, and friendship.
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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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Whole people see and create wholeness wherever they go split people see and create splits in everything and everybody.
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The most courageous thing we will ever do is to bear humbly the mystery of our own reality.
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Most Christian 'believers' tend to echo the cultural prejudices and worldviews of the dominant group in their country, with only a minority revealing any real transformation of attitudes or consciousness. It has been true of slavery and racism, classism and consumerism and issues of immigration and health care for the poor.
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The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order.
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There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.
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I'm not trying to make political statements ,but theological statements. How can religion get itself so identified with one political party, exclusionary world views, or with pelvic morality as the defining issues of the Gospel? Jesus surely didn't. Jesus said to preach the gospel to all nations, which means we do not just talk to ourselve
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You do need some successes as a young person. They don't inflate the ego necessarily, they just give you identity and ego structure. But, don't construct your life around creating those. Or you will become narcissistic and ego-centric. That won't get you anywhere.
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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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Every viewpoint is a view from a point.
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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.
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Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.
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Men and women are most alike at their most mature and soulful levels. Men and women are most different only at their most immature and merely physical levels.
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If God is Trinity and Jesus is the face of God, then it is a benevolent universe. God is not someone to be afraid of, but is the Ground of Being and on our side.
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You have to find some way to not become a cynical or negative person, a person who keeps walking around and opening your eyes in the outside world but inside you close down, a person who stops expecting tomorrow to be better than today.
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