Center for Action and Contemplation
Richard Rohr: Modern-Day Mystic
His is a Franciscan legacy—one marked by love, laughter, peace, justice, and inclusivity. Three authors reflect on Father Richard Rohr’s impact on them and spiritual seekers everywhere.
The Mystical Heart
True mysticism allows us to fish from a different side of the boat, and with a different expectation of what success might mean.
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Reflecting Divinity
In prayer, we merely keep returning the divine gaze, and we become its reflection, almost in spite of ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18).
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Love Flows through Us
Jesus commanded us to love; so we know love is not just a feeling, since we cannot command feelings. Love is mostly a decision.
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Beware the Contagion of War
As atrocities continue on both sides of the conflict in the Holy Land, the striking Franciscan vision of a more peace-loving world is all the more needed.
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The Paradox of Franciscan Spirituality
St. Francis wanted us to stay close to the cracks in the social fabric, and not to ensconce ourselves at the safe, even churchy, center.
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Center for Action and Contemplation
Founded by Franciscan Richard Rohr, this center helps people unpack the tradition of Christian contemplation and put it into action.
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