Quotes about Spirituality
There is only Christ. He is everything and he is in everything" (Colossians 3:11). If I were to write that today, people would call me a pantheist (the universe is God), whereas I am really a panentheist (God lies within all things, but also transcends them), exactly like both Jesus and Paul.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
God does not change, but our readiness for such a God takes a long time to change.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit, "Invoked or not invoked, God is still present."*3
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Mutual perfect faith would be heaven!
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Everything is the "child of God." No exceptions. When you think of it, what else could anything be? All creatures must in some way carry the divine DNA of their Creator.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Your True Self is who you objectively are from the beginning, in the mind and heart of God
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The surrendering of our false self, which we have usually taken for our absolute identity, yet is merely a relative identity, is the necessary suffering needed to find "the pearl of great price" that is always hidden inside this lovely but passing shell.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
When you are present, you will know the Presence. It is that simple, and it is that hard.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
It is all one continuum of Incarnation. Who we are in God is who we all are. Everything else is changing and passing away.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Realization of our oneness in Christ is the only cure for human loneliness. For me, too, it is the only ultimate meaning of life, the only thing that gives meaning and purpose to every life.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
I have never been separate from God, nor can I be, except in my mind.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
God comes to you disguised as your life," as my friend Paula D'Arcy so wisely says.
— Fr. Richard Rohr