Richard Rohr, OFM

Our dignity is given by God, and we are freed from ourselves!

Humility does not just happen. It is surely the end product of a thousand letting-goes and a thousand acts of devotion.

John the Baptizer combines conviction and humility, morality and mysticism, radical prophecy and living in the present.

We can’t manage, maneuver or manipulate spiritual energy. It is a matter of letting go and receiving what is being given freely.

We have to change our loyalties from power, success, money and control (read: “our kingdoms”) to the Lordship of Jesus and the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God supersedes and far surpasses all kingdoms of self and society or personal reward.