Richard Rohr quotes - page 3

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. (Richard Rohr)
I cannot illustrate huge differences between male and female spiritualities except in their starting points, style and fascinations along the way. This is significant, however, and has huge pastoral implications: men must be challenged in the world of doing; women must be challenged in the world of relating. View quote
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It is so important to balance orthodoxy with orthopraxy. View quote
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Religious belief has made me comfortable with ambiguity. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is. View quote
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Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth. View quote
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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. View quote
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The world, the system, moves forward out of fear. That's why they have to threaten us to play the game. We're threatened with loss of job, money, reputation, or prestige. It's all based on fear. View quote
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What we know about God is important, but what we do with what we know about God is even more important. Too often people think it is necessary that we all see God in the same way (which is impossible anyway), but what is really necessary is that we all follow God according to what God tells us. The fact that God has given us so many different faces and temperaments and emotions and histories shows us how God honors each unique journey and culture. God is not threatened by differences. It's we who are. (Richard Rohr)
Much of my criticism of religion comes about when I see it not only affirming the system of normalcy but teaching folks how to live there comfortably. It just increases our "stuckness” in the old world. As does a lot of poor psychotherapy. Cheap religion teaches us how to live successfully in a sick system. View quote
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every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us. View quote
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When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves. View quote
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I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative. View quote
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We worshiped Jesus instead of following him on his same path. We made Jesus into a mere religion instead of a journey toward union with God and everything else. This shift made us into a religion of 'belonging and believing' instead of a religion of transformation. View quote
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