Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratit…

Richard Rohr
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Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.
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The big truth for men is that often we have to leave home in the first half of life before we can return home at a later stage and find our soul there. ✨ Richard Rohr (2010). On the Threshold of Tran … ▶
God comes to you disguised as your life. ✨ Richard Rohr (2011). AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, p.76, John Wiley & Sons
My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and theories. But many religious folks insist on answ … ▶
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If you do not transform your pain, you will always transmit it. ✨ Richard Rohr (2014). A Lever and a Place to Stand: The Contemplative Stance, the Active Prayer, p.103, Paulist Press

Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.

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