Fr. Richard Rohr

Fr. Richard Rohr

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Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He founded the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971, and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director.

He considers the proclamation of the Gospel to be his primary call, and uses many different platforms to communicate the message. Themes he addresses in service of the Gospel include Scripture as liberation, the integration of action and contemplation, community building, peace and justice issues, male spirituality, the Enneagram, and eco-spirituality.

An internationally known speaker, Richard’s travels have carried the message to Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and South Africa. Teaching on such themes as adult Christianity, politics and spirituality, embracing the role of prophet in the modern world and presence to the Eternal Now, Richard has partnered with such esteemed teachers as Thomas Keating, OCSO, Ron Rolheiser, OMI, Rev. Cynthia Bourgeault, Joan Chittister, OSB and Jim Wallis.

Richard is probably best known for his numerous recorded teachings, and through the Center’s quarterly publication, Radical Grace. He is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines.
Some of his best known books include: "Everything Belongs," "Radical Grace: Daily Meditations," "Adam’s Return: The Five Promises of Male Initiation, Hope Against Darkness," "The Enneagram: A Christian Perspective," "From Wild Men to Wise Men: Reflections on Male Spirituality," "Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality," "The Naked Now: Learning to See As the Mystics See," "On the Threshold of Transformation: Daily Meditations for Men," and his newest book, "Wondrous Encounters: Scripture for Lent."

Richard has also been a featured essayist on NPR’s “This I Believe” and a guest of Dr. Mehmet Oz on the “Oprah and Friends” radio show, he also appears in the 2006 documentary, ONE, featuring spiritual teachers from around the world.

For more information on Fr. Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation please visit www.cacradicalgrace.org.

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Lent Is About Transformation

(24) Comments | Posted February 22, 2012 | 11:00 AM

Please join the HuffPost community in "A Lenten Journey" for reflections throughout Lent, and join our online Lenten community here.

Did you ever notice that Jesus does not tend to give what we would call "inspiring" or "motivational" talks? He is not a football coach, nor...

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Contemplation: Finding Ourselves, Finding God

(71) Comments | Posted October 30, 2011 | 7:29 AM

When 'happiness' eludes us -- as, eventually, it always will -- we have the invitation to examine our programmed responses and to exercise our power to choose again. Through exaggeration, confusion, and distortion, we have allowed our politics, our church and our families to fall out of emotional balance. We...

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Religion And Immigration: We Have Not Yet Begun To Love

(0) Comments | Posted October 18, 2011 | 12:44 PM

If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is. "God talk" becomes an opaque screen in which we see only reflections of ourselves -- instead of any kind of...

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Nature and the Soul

(263) Comments | Posted August 7, 2011 | 7:00 AM

"Just pay attention, and then patch a few words together, and don't try to make them elaborate. This isn't a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak." --"Praying" by Mary Oliver

We looked too long for God and truth through words alone....

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The Great Chain of Being

(348) Comments | Posted April 4, 2011 | 10:01 PM

Francis called all creatures, no matter how small by the name of brother and sister; because he knew they had the same source as himself. -- Saint Bonaventure's Life of Francis

By this image the Scholastic theologians tried to communicate a linked and coherent world (q.v. The Great Chain of...

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Life on the Edge: Understanding the Prophetic Position

(104) Comments | Posted March 19, 2011 | 11:22 AM

One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways. I saw it...

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Creation as the Body of God

(615) Comments | Posted March 4, 2011 | 8:00 PM

"Creation is the primary and most perfect revelation of the Divine." -- Thomas Aquinas

"God remains in immediate sustaining attentiveness to everything that exists, precisely in its 'thisness.'" -- John Duns Scotus

The Incarnation of God did not happen in Bethlehem 2000 years ago. That is just when we started...

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Mysticism In Religion: Three Ways to View the Sunset

(355) Comments | Posted February 11, 2011 | 8:02 PM

Three men stood by the ocean, looking at the same sunset.

One man saw the immense physical beauty and enjoyed the event in itself. This man was the "sensate" type who, like 80 percent of the world, deals with what he can see, feel, touch, move, and fix. This...

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