Foundational Love
Richard Rohr, OFM
May 16, 2025
Great religion seeks utter awareness and full consciousness, so that we can, in fact, receive all. Everything belongs and everything can be received.
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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.
Francis and Clare: Something Old, Something New
Richard Rohr, OFM
February 21, 2025
Francis and Clare did not let the old get in the way of the new, but like all religious geniuses, revealed what the old was saying all along.
Francis: A Natural Spiritual Genius
Richard Rohr, OFM
October 4, 2024
If our only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure. Francis succeeded in living in this single-hearted way and thus turned
Eager to Love
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 17, 2024
Richard Rohr, OFM, is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher whose work is grounded in Christian mysticism, practices of contemplation and self-emptying, and compassion for the
The Paradox of Franciscan Spirituality
Richard Rohr, OFM
July 18, 2023
St. Francis wanted us to stay close to the cracks in the social fabric, and not to ensconce ourselves at the safe, even churchy, center.
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.
Richard Rohr on Simplicity
Richard Rohr, OFM
September 2, 2022
St. Francis taught us that the antidote to confusion and paralysis is always a return to simplicity, to what is right in front of us.