Friar to Friar: Richard Rohr on John Duns Scotus
Richard Rohr, OFM
January 1, 2023
The unkind word “dunce” is a pejorative of the little town of Duns in southern Scotland where John the Scot was born and raised.
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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.
Identity, Justice, and Community
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 31, 2022
We will not appreciate Jesus’ loyalty to the Law and the Prophets if we do not accept his deeper understanding of freedom.
Right Relationship Is Key
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 30, 2022
If a social order allows and encourages, and even mandates, good connectedness between people and creation, people and events, people and people, people and God, then we have a truly sacred culture: the Reign of God.
Fingerprints of God
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 29, 2022
The Franciscan tradition has always seen all creation as the footprints and fingerprints of God and therefore sacramental.
‘Entertaining Angels Unaware’
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 28, 2022
We are encouraged to welcome strangers, for by doing so, many people have entertained angels unaware (see Hebrews 13:2)
Outsiders Have a Head Start
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 27, 2022
The most unsettling aspect of his alternative wisdom, and perhaps the most consistent, is that the outcast is in the head-start position,
The Great Reconciler
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 26, 2022
I believe that Jesus is the great reconciler. Picture two lines, one going vertically, the other going horizontally: That’s the cross.