Contemplation Gives Power to the People Rebuilding on a Contemplative Foundation Contemplation Gives Power to the People Thursday, July 13, 2017 If religious teachers told their parishioners

With meditation or contemplation, I think we have every likelihood of producing actual elders for the next generation, and not just elderly people. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Flowing into a Hidden Wholeness Contemplation in Action: Week 2 A Hidden Wholeness Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Charles Péguy (1873–1914), French poet and essayist, wrote with great insight

When people ask me which is the more important, action or contemplation, I know it is an impossible question to answer because they are eternally united in one embrace, two sides of one coin. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Thy Kingdom Come Contemplation in Action: Week 2 Thy Kingdom Come Sunday, July 2, 2017 Shane Claiborne is a young friend of mine and a living example of the integration of

Mother Teresa’s message was, “Calcutta is everywhere, if we only have eyes to see.” Pray that God would help us see our own Calcutta: the pain, poverty, loneliness, and ostracizing that happens all over. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

The Universal Christ! Faith before & Beyond Colonialism! What if Christ refers to an infinite horizon that pulls us from within and pulls us forward too? #Easter #UniversalChrist #CosmicChrist #RichardRohr #OneLove #ChristConsciousness #AwakenedHeart #Bodhichita

Field Hospital on the Edge of the Battlefield Contemplation in Action: Week 1 Field Hospital on the Edge of the Battlefield Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Francis of Assisi taught us the importance of

I can’t hate the person on welfare when I realize I’m on God’s welfare... As compassion and sympathy flow out of us to any marginalized person for whatever reason, wounds are bandaged—both theirs and ours. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

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Remain in Love Franciscan Spirituality: Week 3 Remain in Love Monday, June 19, 2017 John Duns Scotus (c. 1266-1308) was a Franciscan philosopher and theologian who in

Only when we are eager to love can we see love and goodness in the world around us. We must ourselves remain in peace, and then we will see and find peace over there. Remain in beauty, and we will honor beauty everywhere. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Inner Authority: The Power that Changes People Franciscan Spirituality: Week 2 Inner Authority Friday, June 16, 2017 Might the authority of those who suffer bring the diverse cultural and social worlds

If suffering is “whenever we are not in control” (which is my definition), then you see why some form of suffering is absolutely necessary to teach us how to live beyond the illusion of control and to give that control back to God. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Observing Our Home in the World with Love Alternative Orthodoxy At Home in the World Friday, June 2, 2017 Franciscan alternative orthodoxy emphasized the cosmos instead of churchiness. For the

This combination of observation along with love—without resistance, judgment, analysis, or labeling—is probably the best description of contemplation I can give. You simply participate in “a long, loving look at the Real.” #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Everything Belongs Alternative Orthodoxy Everything Belongs Thursday, June 1, 2017 Jesus and Saint Francis had a genius for not eliminating or punishing the so-called

Don’t waste any time rejecting, excluding, eliminating, or punishing anyone or anything else. Everything belongs, including you. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Incarnation instead of Atonement: The Foundational Element Alternative Orthodoxy Incarnation instead of Atonement Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Franciscan alternative orthodoxy emphasizes incarnation instead of

Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God. This sets everything on an utterly positive foundation. Rather than being an ogre, God is Love. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Simplicity Alternative Orthodoxy Simplicity Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Most of us have grown up with a capitalist worldview which makes a virtue and goal out of

Franciscan alternative orthodoxy asks us to let go, to recognize that there is enough to go around and meet everyone’s need but not everyone’s greed. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

A Third Way Alternative Orthodoxy A Third Way Sunday, May 28, 2017 The Franciscan Tradition in which I’ve been formed is an “alternative orthodoxy” or heterodoxy.

“Why aren’t you doing what you say you believe?” the prophet invariably asks. As the popular paraphrase of Francis’ Rule goes, “Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words.” #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Law and Grace: Weekly Summary Law and Grace Summary: Sunday, May 21-Friday, May 26, 2017 We must recover grace-oriented spirituality if we are to rebuild Christianity from the bottom

People of deep faith develop a high tolerance for ambiguity and come to recognize that it is only the small self that needs constant certitude or order. The Godself is perfectly at home in the River of Mystery. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Covenant Love Law and Grace Covenant Love Friday, May 26, 2017 YHWH, YHWH, a God of tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and abounding in

Divine Love is not determined by the worthiness of the object but by the Total Generosity of the Subject. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Implanted Desire is Our Deepest Identity Law and Grace Implanted Desire Thursday, May 25, 2017 We first see the idea of grace in the Hebrew Scriptures through the concept of election or

The older I get, the more I am sure that God does all the giving and we do all of the receiving. God is always and forever the initiator in my life, and I am, on occasion, the half-hearted respondent. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

An Economy of Grace Law and Grace An Economy of Grace Tuesday, May 23, 2017 God’s freely given grace is a humiliation to the ego because free gifts say nothing about being

Only inside an economy of grace can we see that God wants free and willing partners. An economy of merit cannot process free love or free anything. “Not servants, but friends” (John 15:15) is God’s plan. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

I'm David, not Goliath
I was born in Bethlehem
And there is no us
If there is no them 🎶

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No procesar el luto no te protege, te convierte en transmisor de daño. Expulsas en tu nueva relación lo que no sanaste en la anterior. Transforma tu dolor antes de destruir lo que viene.
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Grace Is Key Resurrection Grace Is Key Monday, May 8, 2017 (Feast of Lady Julian of Norwich) The goodness of God fills all the gaps of the universe, without

Grace is what God does to keep all things God has made in love and alive—forever. Grace is not something God gives; grace is who God is. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Dying into Life — An Invitation to Look Deeper Resurrection Dying into Life Sunday, May 7, 2017 The Resurrection is not a one-time miracle that proved Jesus was God. Jesus’ death and resurrection name

If we are to speak of miracles, the most miraculous thing of all is that God uses the very thing that would normally destroy you—the tragic, sorrowful, painful, or unjust—to transform and enlighten you. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

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Cross as Agenda Jesus as Scapegoat Cross as Agenda Friday, May 5, 2017 In terms of healing and symbolism, everything hinges on the cross. The cross is about how to fight

The mystery of the cross teaches us how to stand against hate without becoming hate, how to oppose evil without becoming evil ourselves. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Love, Not Atonement — The Work from the Beginning Jesus as Scapegoat Love, Not Atonement Thursday, May 4, 2017 All the great religions of the world talk a lot about death, so there must be an essential

Jesus did not come to change the mind of God about humanity (it did not need changing)! Jesus came to change the mind of humanity about God. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Forgiving Victim Jesus as Scapegoat Forgiving Victim Wednesday, May 3, 2017 In terms of the soul, no one else is your problem. You are invariably your primary problem. You

Jesus is the forgiving victim, which really is the only hope of our world, because most of us sooner or later will be victimized on some level. It is the familiar story line of an unjust and often cruel humanity. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

“Christ” Is Another Word for Everything The Cosmic Christ: Week 2 “Christ” Is Another Word for Everything Wednesday, April 5, 2017 When Christians defined Jesus in a small way—as a mere problem

Instead of a totally “Inclusive Savior” we made Jesus into an object of exclusive and exclusionary worship. Then we argued and divided over what kind of worship he preferred. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Christ in Evolution The Cosmic Christ: Week 2 Christ in Evolution Tuesday, April 4, 2017 Ilia Delio, a Franciscan sister and scientist, describes the positive foundation we

Mature spirituality serves as a conveyor belt for the evolution of human consciousness. Immature religion stalls us at low levels of well-disguised egocentricity by fooling us into thinking we are more moral or holy than we really are. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

A Bigger Story Line The Cosmic Christ: Week 2 A Bigger Story Line Monday, April 3, 2017 Christ is the Archetype and Model for the rest of creation as Scripture clearly

Many Christians focus on “saving their own soul” with little care for the world as a whole. Massive disbelief is the result. It is hard to feel privately holy or good when the universe is neither holy nor good. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Dynamic Unity The Cosmic Christ: Week 2 Dynamic Unity Sunday, April 2, 2017 Paul tried unceasingly to demonstrate “that Jesus was the Christ” (Acts 9:22). This

Paul tried unceasingly to demonstrate “that Jesus was the Christ” (Acts 9:22). This synthesis is the heart of Paul’s conversion experience. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...

Loving both Jesus and Christ The Cosmic Christ: Week 1 Loving both Jesus and Christ Friday, March 31, 2017 I believe that Francis of Assisi was unique and ahead of his time for loving

I fully believe that there has never been a single soul that was not possessed by the Eternal Christ, even in the ages before the incarnation of Jesus. #RichardRohr cac.org/daily-medita...