Being informed is different from being formed, and the first is a common substitute for the second. Richard Rohr More Quotes by Richard Rohr More Quotes From Richard Rohr It’s a gift to joyfully recognize and accept our own smallness and ordinariness. Then you are free with nothing to live up to, nothing to prove, and nothing to protect. Such freedom is my best description of Christian maturity, because once you know that your “I” is great and one with God, you can ironically be quite content with a small and ordinary “I.” No grandstanding is necessary. Any question of your own importance or dignity has already been resolved once and for all and forever. Richard Rohr maturitychristianforever When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through. Richard Rohr chancekingdomskings If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it. Richard Rohr transmitpainifs God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening. Richard Rohr drawingblowknows Salvation is not a divine transaction that takes place because you are morally perfect, but much more is an organic unfolding, a becoming who you already are, an inborn sympathy with and capacity for the very One who created you. Richard Rohr becomingdivineperfect If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them. Richard Rohr our-livesifs In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us. Richard Rohr painsoulgrieving To keep the middle coming back, you can't say some radically conservative or radically progressive things. That's been the bane of organized religion. It makes me wonder if Jesus' first definition of the church as "two or three gathered in my name" is not still the best way. Richard Rohr namestwojesus The gift of darkness draws you to know God’s presence beyond what thought, imagination, or sensory feeling can comprehend. Richard Rohr imaginationdarknessfeelings Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery. Richard Rohr honestmysterylanguage Many people who attack me know so little of that larger Tradition, and end up being not very traditional at all. When you invoke the whole and great Tradition, you end up scaring people who call 1950 America "traditional" Christianity. It is just what they are used to in their one limited lifetime. Richard Rohr littlesamericapeople What some now call 'emerging Christianity' or 'the emerging church' is not something you join, establish, or invent. You just name it and then you see it everywhere- already in place! Such nongroup groups, the 'two or three' gathered in deep truth, create a whole new level of affiliation, dialogue, and friendship. Richard Rohr churchnamestwo The 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 Rohr levelspatientsatisfaction It’s the freedom of the children of God. Such people can connect with everybody. They don’t feel the need to eliminate anybody. Richard Rohr childrenpeopleneeds Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing. Richard Rohr refusegrowingsin there is no path to peace, but peace itself is the path. Richard Rohr path Advent is not about a sentimental waiting for the Baby Jesus. Richard Rohr waitingbabyjesus Mature prayer always breaks into gratitude. Richard Rohr gratitudematureprayer People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place. Richard Rohr breakpeoplefirsts Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. Richard Rohr pain-and-sufferingpainsuffering
