Silence is the necessary space around things that allows them to develop and flourish without my pushing.
Richard RohrGod tries to first create a joyous yes inside of you, far more than any kind of no . . . Just saying no is resentful dieting, whereas finding your deeper yes, and eating from that table, is always a spiritual banquet.
Richard RohrPrayer is looking out from a different set of eyes, which are not comparing, competing, judging, labeling or analyzing, but receiving the moment in its present wholeness and unwholeness. That is what is meant by contemplation.
Richard RohrThe morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.
Richard Rohr