We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against …

Richard Rohr
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We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.56, John Wiley & Sons
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God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening. ✨ Richard Rohr (2010). On the Threshold of Transformation, p.61, Loyola Press
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We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.56, John Wiley & Sons

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