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 RohrChange is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.
Richard RohrTo the degree you have experienced intimacy with God, you wonโt be afraid of death because youโre experiencing the first tastes and promises of heaven in this world.
Richard RohrWe all remain who we are. But on the way to healing or liberation we have to do what the Romans called agere contra: we have to act against the grain of our natural compulsions. This requires clear decisions. Because it does not happen by itself, it is in a way "unnatural" or "supernatural" . . . (we) simply have to cut loose now and then, and in the process . . . make mistakes.
Richard Rohr