Richard Rohr, OFM

The divisions, dichotomies, and dualisms of the world can only be overcome by a unitive consciousness at every level.

Silence takes away the noise we project onto everything and allows us to see the light and life that they reveal.

Silence is that ever-faithful companion, a portal to constantly deeper connection with whatever is in front of you.

Either you see God in all things, or very quickly you cannot see God anywhere, even in your own species.

The Bible is slowly giving us a face capable of receiving divine dignity, and even daring to think that we could love God back—and that

God is creating, quite literally, some friends for Godself! Jesus became the full representation of one who accepted and lived that friendship. In fact, he