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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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" 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. "

Richard Rohr

Walking

Eyes

Today

" Yes, the natural world is the first and primary Bible. We have not honored it, so how could we, or would we, know how to honor and properly use the second Bible, when it was written. "

" 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. "

" This life journey has led me to love mystery and not feel the need to change it or make it un-mysterious. This has put me at odds with many other believers I know who seem to need explanations for everything. "

" People inside of belonging systems are very threatened by those who are not within that group. They are threatened by anyone who has found their citizenship in places they cannot control. "

" It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy. "

" Transformed people transform people. "

" Without transformation, you can assume you're at a high moral, spiritual level just because you call yourself Lutheran or Methodist or Catholic. I think my great disappointment as a priest has been to see how little actual spiritual curiosity there is in so many people. "

" I see little difference in the attitudes of those who consider themselves Christian and those who are openly secular and agnostic. Most Christian citizenship appears to be clearly right here - on this little bit of very unreal estate. "

" The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves. "

" Jesus is much more concerned about shaking your foundations, giving you an utterly alternative self image, world image, and God image, and thus reframing your entire reality. Mere inspiration can never do this. "

" Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity. "

Richard Rohr

Ambiguity

Comfortable

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

" The true mystic is always both humble and compassionate, for she knows that she does not know. "

" Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

" It's not correct to say Jesus is God. Now, don't run and report me to the bishop, all right? It's not correct to say that - Jesus is the union of the human and the divine. That's different. "

Richard Rohr

God

Run

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways. "

" Most women prefer circles of sharing to pyramids and hierarchies. They prefer conversation to construction. They will usually choose nurturance and empathy over competition and climbing. They will normally choose connection over simple performance games. "

" Having a school really is the fulfillment of a longtime dream of mine. "

" One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action. "

Richard Rohr

Political

Spiritual

" If you depend on being emotionally inspired or newly motivated, you will need a new fix almost every day. "

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

" We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious devotions that usually have little power to actually change us or call our ego assumptions into question. "

Richard Rohr

God

Change

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

Richard Rohr

Health

Want

" 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. "