We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.
Richard RohrI decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.
Richard RohrIf love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is self-abasement; fortitude without love is recklessness; generosity without love is extravagance; care without love is mere duty; fidelity without love is servitude. Every virtue is an expression of love. No virtue is really a virtue unless it is permeated, or informed, by love.
Richard Rohr