The Fifth Sunday of Lent
“Neither do I condemn you.” 8:11 Today’s gospel is a story about a trial. Trials mesmerize us. We love reading about them in murder mysteries. We love watching them in ...
Crux: Let’s drop the obsession with criticism of Pope Francis
Article posted in National Catholic Reporter Let’s drop the obsession with criticism of Pope Francis
Richard Rohr: Unitive Consciousness
After conversion, self-consciousness (in the negative sense) slowly falls away and is replaced by what the mystics call pure consciousness or unitive consciousness–which is love. Self-consciousness implies a dualistic split. ...
Richard Rohr: What Is Conversion?
“Suddenly, while he was traveling to Damascus and just before he reached the city, there came a light from heaven all around him. He fell to the ground and then ...
Fourth Sunday of Lent
“… everything I have is yours.” Lk 15:31 Jesus loved to tell stories. He especially liked to tell them when he was being challenged by those who opposed him – ...
Richard Rohr: The Magic and Mystery of Intimacy
The Great Mystery unfolds even further. It seems that Israel’s God, Yahweh, who is uncovering and exposing the Divine Self in the Bible, soon desires not just images or holy ...