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Richard's Daily Meditations

Richard Rohr speaking at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., circa 1980  

RICHARD ROHR'S LINEAGE

Until recently I’ve never been forced to ask myself, “By what authority do you say the things you do, Richard? How do we know these are not just your ideas? Why should we believe you?” I do think that those are completely legitimate questions. So as we began to dream about the Living School, some of the staff said, “Richard, why don’t you try to chart your own growth, your own tradition, your own lineage?” I did so, and came up with fifteen foundational sources. For the next days, we’re going to present them in a somewhat logical order.

“Bible” of Nature and Creation

We have to begin with the first bible, which is creation itself—that God has revealed who God is through what is. If we don’t learn to honor, respect, and learn from creation—the natural world—I think it’s very unlikely that we are going to know how to read the second bible—the written Bible—with respect, reverence, and in an open way. So I believe (and of course this is very Franciscan for me) that we have to start with the first bible, which is the created world itself, or nature.

~ Richard Rohr, 2012
Adapted from Fr. Richard’s teachings on his lineage.

 

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