Letโs state it clearly: One great idea of the biblical revelation is that God is manifest in the ordinary, in the actual, in the daily, in the now, in the concrete incarnations of life, and not through purity codes and moral achievement contests, which are seldom achieved anyway.
Richard RohrThe 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.
Richard RohrThe people who know God wellโmystics, hermits, prayerful people, those who risk everything to find Godโalways meet a lover, not a dictator.
Richard Rohr