Reflecting Divinity
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 4, 2026
In prayer, we merely keep returning the divine gaze, and we become its reflection, almost in spite of ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18).
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Richard Rohr, OFM
Richard Rohr, OFM, is founder and codirector of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Silence Gives
Richard Rohr, OFM
January 13, 2026
Leave the silence open-ended. Do not try to settle the dust. Do not rush to resolve the inner conflict.
Silence Is Peace the World Cannot Give
Richard Rohr, OFM
January 12, 2026
We must learn to start every single encounter with a foundational yes, before we ever dare to move to no.
That All May Be One
Richard Rohr, OFM
January 11, 2026
The divisions, dichotomies, and dualisms of the world can only be overcome by a unitive consciousness at every level.
God Is Always Good
Richard Rohr, OFM
November 8, 2025
The Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins crystallized so beautifully the effect that John Duns Scotus’ teaching has on mystical minds: Yet ah! this air I
God Is in Control
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 20, 2025
To accept some degree of meaninglessness is our final and full act of faith that God is still good and still in control.
Divine Communion
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 8, 2025
Isn’t it a consolation to know that life is not a straight line?