Center for Action and Contemplation

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Receive Richard Rohr’s free Daily Meditations. This year our theme is Old and New: An Evolving Faith. Does Christianity have anything of value left to offer? Fr. Richard brings fresh insights to ancient wisdom.

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In a short new booklet, Richard Rohr shares Jesus' hermeneutic—his way of interpreting sacred text—and helps us find our own path toward an inclusive, compassionate, and just reading of Scripture. What Do We Do with the Bible? Learn more!

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Find spiritual companionship and deepen your understanding of contemplative teachings in our online studies. Registration is open for the following courses: Immortal Diamond, Interior Castle, and Mary Magdalene.

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Our bookstore carries hundreds of titles by core faculty Richard Rohr, James Finley, and Cynthia Bourgeault. Explore their insights on contemplation, Trinity, Thomas Merton, Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and more.

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Join Richard Rohr, Jacqui Lewis, and John Dominic Crossan for a special conference, The Universal Christ: Another Name for Every Thing. March 28-31, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or online.

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Enjoy Richard Rohr’s homilies here or find his podcast on iTunes. Fr. Richard speaks occasionally at his local parish, Holy Family Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short sermons are recorded and made available by the CAC.

Christ is everywhere. In him every kind of life has a meaning and a solid connection. Every life has an influence on every other kind of life. — Richard Rohr Read Jesus and Christ: Weekly Summary

God’s first “idea” was to pour out divine infinite love into finite, visible forms. The Big Bang is our scientific name for that; Christ is our theological name. — Richard Rohr Read God’s First Idea

Long before Jesus’ personal Incarnation, Christ was deeply embedded in all things—as all things! — Richard Rohr Read In the Beginning

God chose to manifest the invisible in what we call the “visible,” so that all things visible are the revelation of God’s endlessly diffusive spiritual energy. — Richard Rohr Read Coherence and Belonging

Nature itself is the primary Bible. The world is the locus of the sacred and provides all the metaphors that the soul needs for its growth. — Richard Rohr Read The First Bible

"Teresa of Avila asks, 'Wouldn’t it be a pity not to understand ourselves?' The Interior Castle is all about healing the sorrow that arises from being exiled from our soul."

"The love between Jesus and Mary Magdalene is stronger than death, the faithfulness of their two hearts resonating across time and space forms a channel through which divine compassion pours forth as wisdom and creativity."

"The 'way of the cross' can never go out of style because it will surely never be in style. This is the powerlessness of God, the powerlessness that saves the world."

"What if Christ is a name for the transcendent within of every 'thing' in the universe? What if Christ is a name for the immense spaciousness of all true Love?"

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