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St. Francis: A Message for Our Times: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on October 10, 2020

St. Francis: A Message for Our Times Saturday: October 10, 2020 Summary: Sunday, October 4—Friday, October 9, 2020 St. Francis stands as one who made the way of Jesus credible and concrete, both for those called to formal religious life and for men and women living in the ordinary world. —Robert Ellsberg (Sunday) Humans and… Continue Reading St. Francis: A Message for Our Times: Weekly Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged animals, attention, connection, Francis of Assisi, practice, present, Rupert Sheldrake

Ways of Knowing: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on October 19, 2019

Ways of Knowing Summary: Sunday, October 13—Friday, October 18, 2019 Contemplation is meeting as much reality as we can handle in its most simple and immediate form—without filters, judgments, or commentaries. (Sunday) Head and heart, rational and spiritual, need not stifle or silence one another. —Maria S. Guarino (Monday) This means engaging in dialogue with… Continue Reading Ways of Knowing: Weekly Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged attention, knowing, meal, mindful eating, mindfulness, practice

Unselfconscious Awareness

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on May 18, 2018

Art: Week 1 Unselfconscious Awareness Friday, May 18, 2018 The power of imagination and art is at the level of soul, where we do not consciously know what is happening. Therefore, we cannot engineer it, do not need to understand it, nor can we fully stop its effects! If we “perfectly understand” how God is… Continue Reading Unselfconscious Awareness

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged anecdote, art, awareness, Barbara Coleman, creativity, imagination, Soul

Human Bodies: Week 1 Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 7, 2018

Human Bodies: Week 1 Summary: Sunday, April 1-Friday, April 6, 2018 I choose to believe in some kind of bodily resurrection because it localizes the Christ mystery in this material and earthly world and in our own bodies, the only world we know and the world that God created and loves. (Sunday) This Creator of… Continue Reading Human Bodies: Week 1 Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Barbara Holmes, Body, Christine Stevens, Community, drumming, practice, video

Choosing Heaven

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on December 22, 2017

Heaven Choosing Heaven Friday, December 22, 2017 Today I’d like to share a reflection from Franciscan sister and scientist Ilia Delio (who in turn presents insights from Rabbi Rami Shapiro) to end our week of reflection on eternity, love, and heaven: Heaven is earth transformed by love when earthly life is lived in love; the… Continue Reading Choosing Heaven

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged choice, Heaven, Ilia Delio, Love, metanoia, Rami Shapiro, transformation

Action and Contemplation

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on June 26, 2017

Contemplation in Action: Week 1 Action and Contemplation Monday, June 26, 2017 The words action and contemplation have become classic Christian terminology for the two dancing polarities of our lives. Thomas Aquinas and many others stated that the highest form of spiritual maturity is not action or contemplation, but the ability to integrate the two… Continue Reading Action and Contemplation

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged activism, Contemplation, contemplative action, ego