Richard Rohr, OFM

All mature spirituality, in one sense or another, is about letting go and unlearning.

Those who can be present with head, heart, and body at the same time will always encounter The Presence, whether they call it God or not.

To keep our bodies less defended, to live in our body right now, to be present to others in a cellular way, is also the work of healing of past hurts

Powerlessness, the state of the shipwrecked, is an experience we all share anyway, if we are sincere

The word change normally refers to new beginnings. But transformation, the mystery we’re examining, more often happens not when something new begins, but when something old falls apart.

Living in a transitional age is scary: It’s falling apart, it’s unknowable, it doesn’t cohere, it doesn’t make sense, it’s all mystery again, and we can’t put order in it.