Tag Archives: wonder

Parts of a Whole

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on August 16, 2018

Hinduism Parts of a Whole Thursday, August 16, 2018 Several central ideas affirmed by Jesus were already formed in the ancient Hindu Vedas, then unfolded by the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita. Three of these ideas are advaita, karma, and maya. The word advaita is loosely translated as “having no duality,” implying that the proper or spiritual way of understanding things… Continue Reading Parts of a Whole

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged advaita, connection, Hinduism, Jesus, karma, maya, Mirabai Starr, understanding, Unity, wisdom

Perplexed into Contemplation

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on May 16, 2018

Art: Week 1 Perplexed into Contemplation Wednesday, May 16, 2018 The imagination offers revelation. It never blasts us with information or numbs us with description. . . . We find ourselves engaged in its questions and possibilities, and new revelation dawns. . . . The imaginative form of knowing is graced with gradualness. . .… Continue Reading Perplexed into Contemplation

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged art, Barbara Holmes, Contemplation, God, imagination, Ronald Rolheiser

Thisness: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on March 24, 2018

Thisness Summary: Sunday, March 18-Friday, March 23, 2018 Each creature is not merely one member of a genus and species, but a unique aspect of the infinite Mystery of God. God is continuously choosing each created thing specifically to exist, moment by moment. (Sunday) Without truly seeing and valuing individual lives, war and violence become… Continue Reading Thisness: Weekly Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Contemplation, practice, relationship, surrender, thisness

The Natural World: Week 2 Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on March 17, 2018

The Natural World: Week 2 Summary: Sunday, March 11-Friday, March 16, 2018 Creation is of the order of love. God’s love is the fundamental moving force in all created things. —Pope Francis (Sunday) Hildegard lived inside an entire cosmology, a universe where the inner shows itself in the outer, and the outer reflects the inner,… Continue Reading The Natural World: Week 2 Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Bill Plotkin, connection, nature, observation, practice, walking meditation

Wonder

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on March 16, 2018

The Natural World: Week 2 Wonder Friday, March 16, 2018 Thank you Lord for all you’ve made. Thank you for the trees, flowers, butterflies, animals, and people you have created in your image. Thank you for letting me share in the joy of your beautiful creation. Your light shines bright in my heart and I… Continue Reading Wonder

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged Creation, gratitude, humanity, life, nature, prayer, Thomas Berry

Awe and Surrender

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

Contemplative Consciousness Awe and Surrender Friday, January 12, 2018 To begin to see with new eyes, we must observe—and usually be humiliated by—the habitual way we encounter each and every moment. It is humiliating because we will see that we are well-practiced in just a few predictable responses. Not many of our responses are original,… Continue Reading Awe and Surrender

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged ego, encounter, Moses, surrender

Union: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on December 17, 2016

Union Summary: Sunday, December 11-Friday, December 16, 2016 There is an absolute, eternal union between God and the soul of everything. The problem is that Western religion has not taught us this. Our ego over-emphasizes our individuality and separateness from God and others. (Sunday) Mystics like Francis and Clare lived from a place of conscious,… Continue Reading Union: Weekly Summary

Posted in Daily Meditations | Also tagged imagination, Truth, union