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Contemplative Activists: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on July 18, 2020

Contemplative Activists Saturday, July 18, 2020 Summary: Sunday, July 12—Friday, July 17, 2020 In order to have the capacity to move the world, we need some “social distancing” and detachment from the diversions and delusions of mass culture and our false self. (Sunday) Dorothy Day’s spirituality and her social witness were equally rooted in the… Continue Reading Contemplative Activists: Weekly Summary

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Working Together

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on September 20, 2019

Peacemakers Working Together Friday, September 20, 2019 If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time. If you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together. — Shared by Lilla Watson [1] In our Living School, we emphasize contemplative solidarity with those who are marginalized… Continue Reading Working Together

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Human Bodies: Week 2 Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 14, 2018

Human Bodies: Week 2 Summary: Sunday, April 8-Friday, April 13, 2018 For Jesus, there is no animosity between body and soul. In fact, this is the heart of Jesus’ healing message and of incarnation itself. (Sunday) If you can’t honor the Divine Indwelling—the presence of the Holy Spirit—within yourself, how could you see it in… Continue Reading Human Bodies: Week 2 Summary

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Bodies on the Line

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 13, 2018

Human Bodies: Week 2 Bodies on the Line Friday, April 13, 2018 Your body is not an isolated, separate entity. We are our truest selves only in community—with our ancestors (carrying their stories and DNA), our natural environment, and our neighbors. We hold the mystery of transformation, “making up in our own body what still… Continue Reading Bodies on the Line

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Black Bodies

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 12, 2018

Human Bodies: Week 2 Black Bodies Thursday, April 12, 2018 Until the killing of black mothers’ sons [and daughters] is as important as the discovery of white mothers’ sons, we who believe in freedom cannot rest. —Ella Baker [1] As I wrote in last week’s meditations, the early ego creates itself by comparison or negation,… Continue Reading Black Bodies

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