Franciscan Spirit

Advent with Richard Rohr: Friday of the First Week

Richard Rohr, OFM December 6, 2019

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.

Advent with Richard Rohr: Thursday of the First Week

Richard Rohr, OFM December 5, 2019

Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. —Matthew 7:21

Advent with Richard Rohr: Wednesday of the First Week

Richard Rohr, OFM December 4, 2019

On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines. —Isaiah 25:6

Advent with Richard Rohr: Tuesday of the First Week

Richard Rohr, OFM December 3, 2019

No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. —Luke 10:22

Advent with Richard Rohr: Monday of the First Week

Richard Rohr, OFM December 2, 2019

Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant will be healed. —Matthew 8:8 The American Declaration of Independence says we have an “unalienable right” to the pursuit of ...

Advent with Richard Rohr: First Sunday

Richard Rohr, OFM December 1, 2019

Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. —Matthew 24:42 “Come, Lord Jesus,” the Advent mantra, means that all of Christian history has to live out of a kind of deliberate emptiness, a ...