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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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Explore alternative ways to see the Bible, the Cross, or Justice in a free 3-week email series with Richard Rohr. Drawing from his Franciscan tradition, Father Richard clarifies misunderstandings and helps us connect with a loving God.

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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.

Centering Prayer is a practice in letting go of thoughts, one after the other after the other. — Richard Rohr Read Joy and Hope: Weekly Summary

What if we’ve missed the point of who Christ is? I believe that a Christian is simply one who has learned to see Christ everywhere. — Richard Rohr Read Who Is Christ?

All of creation first holds God’s anointing (“beloved” status), and then Jesus brings the message home in a personal way over thirteen billion years later! — Richard Rohr Read From the Beginning of Time

We fell in love with the symbol instead of what Jesus fully represented. To love “Jesus, the Christ” is to love everything that he stands for. — Richard Rohr Read The Inner Blueprint

Love is the very nature of Being. God is not a being who occasionally decides to love. God is Being Itself. — Richard Rohr Read Outpouring Love

Christ is the eternal amalgam of matter and spirit as one. Wherever the human and the divine coexist, we have the Christ. — Richard Rohr Read Christ Is Everywhere

Every time you and I hate, fear, compete, attack, judge, separate—thus avoiding the necessary letting go—we are resisting the full flow of Love. — Richard Rohr Read Growing in Christ

Does everyone have to become Christian to know the Christ? Absolutely not. Christ is the communion of divine personal love. — Ilia Delio Read The Universal Christ: Weekly Summary

Whenever your heart, mind, and body are all present and accounted for at the same time, you can experience pure presence. — Richard Rohr Read Open Heart, Mind, and Body

Everything we meet, see, hear, and touch, far from defiling, purifies us and plants in us something more of contemplation and heaven. — Thomas Merton Read Knowing Our Source

God is Being itself, but also a Being that is more me than I am myself. God has become a Thou, and not just an energy field. — Richard Rohr Read Relationship

The presence of God can be experienced through the love of nature, deep friendship, generous service, or the discoveries of science. — Thomas Keating Read Centering Prayer

Centering Prayer means opening ourselves up to a conversion of our will and total transformation. — Susan Rush Read A Prayer for Living and Dying

If we do not discover a prayer practice that “invades” our unconscious and reveals what is hidden, we will actually change very little. — Richard Rohr Read The Unconscious

Silence is the source of all being. Some of us allow it to envelop our seeking; others who have been silenced by oppression voice the joy of spiritual reunion. — Barbara Holmes Read Contemplation: Week 1 Summary

"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?"

Richard Rohr offers another way to see themes from the Christian tradition. Explore the Bible, the Cross, or Justice in 3-week email series and connect with others who seek a deeper, truer faith.

"Contemplation is a state of realized oneness with God. When engaged in contemplation, we rest in God resting in us. We are at home in God at home in us."

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