Richard Rohr, OFM

Let anyone with ears listen!
—Matthew 11:15

Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
— Matthew 11:28

It is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.

Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. —Psalm 85:10–11

He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
—Mark 1:7–8

And those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who grumble will accept instruction.
—Isaiah 29:24

Jesus clearly says the kingdom of heaven is among us (Luke 17:21) or “at hand” (Matthew 3:2, 4:17). One wonders why we made it into a reward system for later, or as someone called it, “a divine evacuation plan” from this world. Maybe it was easier to obey laws and practice rituals for later reward than to actually be transformed now.