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Richard Rohr: Essential Teachings on Love
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| ISBN-13: | 9781626982697 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Orbis Books |
| Publication date: | 03/27/2018 |
| Series: | Modern Spiritual Masters Series |
| Pages: | 288 |
| Sales rank: | 709,363 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.37(w) x 8.25(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Joelle Chase and Judy Traeger edit Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations, a free email from the Center for Action and Contemplation (cac.org).
Table of Contents
Timeline of Significant Events in Richard Rohr's Life xiii
Sources and Acknowledgments xv
Introduction 1
Back to the Basics 1
The Prophetic Tradition 3
Love Grounded in Trinity 5
Growing in Love 6
1 1943-1957: Love Is The Foundation Of Everything 12
The Most Essential Teaching 12
Building the Container 14
Unconditional and Conditional Love 15
The Core Is Good 16
Chosen 17
The Face of the Other 19
Incarnational Mysticism 20
God Is Not "Out There" 20
Lover of All 21
Conditional Love 22
Creative Continuation 23
Alone with the Presence 24
Loving the Presence in the Present 25
Finding God in Nature 26
Infinite Presence, infinite Love 26
Created to Love 27
The Soul of All Things 28
Nature Reflects God's Goodness 30
Mirroring 31
Big Love 32
The Foundation Is Always Love 33
What You Seek Is What You Are 34
The Hidden Secret 35
Love Is Who You Are 36
The Importance of Good Theology 37
A Relational Universe 39
The Power of Love 40
2 1957-1985: We Love God By Loving Others 42
Franciscan Education 42
Intimacy Is Self-Disclosure 43
The Pre-Vatican II God 44
Mercy before Judgment 45
Thinking without Thinking 47
Paradox and Mercy 48
Novitiate: Discovering Grace 49
The Law and Grace 51
The Soul's Objective Union with God 53
Spirituality of imperfection 55
Receiving Mercy 55
Perfection: A Self-Defeating Path 56
Love Shows Itself as Mercy 58
Awakening to Mercy 59
God Is the Initiator 61
A Beautiful Boot Camp 62
Integrating Human and Divine Love 62
The Magic and Mystery of Intimacy 63
Teilhard's Influence 64
The Shape of the Universe Is Love 65
Keeping God and People Free 66
Incarnation Instead of Atonement 66
Drawn Inexorably toward Love 68
The Purpose of the Law 70
You Are the "Imago Dei" 71
The Second Vatican Council 73
The View from the Bottom 74
Education in Philosophy and Scripture 76
Scripture as God's Self-Disclosure 77
Retributive justice and Restorative Justice in the Scriptures 77
A Toxic Image of God 80
Love Is the Horse, Morality the Cart 82
Implanted Desire 82
Reading Scripture with the Mind of Christ 84
Thinking Outside the Box 85
Learning to See 87
We Are All One in Love 88
The Holy Spirit 89
God's Spirit Is Universal and Inherent 90
The Birth of the New Jerusalem Community 92
You Belong 94
The Sacrament of the Present Moment 95
The Good News 96
God Is Eternally Giving Away God 97
The Movement Grows 98
My Hope and My Vocation 99
A New Experience 99
Community Life 101
Community as the Body of Christ 102
Embodiment 103
Community as Alternative Consciousness 104
The Meaning of Community 106
Nine Faces of Love 107
Knowing Ourselves 108
Reality as Paradox 109
Type One: The Need to Be Perfect 110
Experiences in Healing 112
The Loving Inner Witness 113
The Beginning of the End 114
A Learning Experience 115
Different and United 116
The Delight of Diversity 116
From Disconnection to Connection 118
A School of Relationship 119
Lessons for the Ego 120
Unworkable Programs for Happiness 122
Already in Union 122
Speaking Truth to Power 124
Ahimsa: Love Is Your Nature 125
A Nonviolent Gospel 126
Jesus Reveals the Lie of Scapegoating 128
Ending the Cycle of Violence 129
Growing Up 131
Change as a Catalyst for Transformation 132
A Contemplative Year 133
Loving as Mirror and Mask 134
Discernment 141
Love God and Do What You Want 141
Discerning God's Spirit at Work in Us 142
Lay Leadership 143
End of an Era 143
3 1985-2000: We Love God By Loving Our Self 144
Moving On: The Second Half of Life 144
Falling in Love 145
My Own Doubts 147
Incomplete Relationships 148
The Challenge and Opportunity in Marriage 149
Living the Contradictions 150
Recognizing Our Need for Mercy 151
Founding the Center for Action and Contemplation 152
The Contemplative Mind 153
Alternative Consciousness 155
Becoming Pure in Heart 157
Face to Face Knowing 158
Love in Action 159
Leading Strings of Love 160
The Meaning of Spiritual Love 162
Love Alone 163
Human Development in Scripture 164
Love Is Not a Straight Line 165
The Weeds and the Wheat 166
God Sees in Wholes, We See in Parts 167
Twelve-Step Spirituality 169
Ministry as Jail Chaplain 171
Overcoming Contradictions 172
Following Jesus 173
Facing Death 174
The Two Hands of God 175
Two Paths of Transformation 176
Solidarity with Suffering 178
A Bias from the Bottom 179
Changing Sides 180
Seeking God's Will 181
Learning How to Love 182
The Positive in the Negative 184
Our Holiness Is God's Holiness 186
Everything Is Grace 187
Cleaning the Lens 189
The Indwelling Presence 190
A Bottomless Well 191
4 2000-Present: We Love God By Loving Everything 193
Growth in Spirit 193
Fourth and Walnut 194
Five Points, Sunset, and Bridge 195
God Comes Disguised as Our Life 196
Masculine Spirituality 197
Passing from Death to Life Now 198
Being in Love vs. Loving 200
Divine Love 201
Intimacy 202
Thisness 203
Loving the "Other" 204
Yes Must Precede No 205
How You Love Anything Is How You Love Everything 206
Freedom on the Edge of the Inside 207
Where You Can't Be Bought Off 208
A New Reformation 209
The Greatest Commandments 211
Seeing Truly 213
Birth of the Living School 214
Universal Union 215
The Principle of Likeness 218
A Bigger Ocean 221
If It Is True, It Is True Everywhere 221
Oneing 223
Seeing with God's Eyes 224
Everything Belongs 225
Love Is Stronger than Death 227
Venus 228
Which Venus? 228
Someone to Love 228
Pure Consciousness 229
The Divine Gaze 231
Living before You Die 232
Therese of Lisieux and the Butterfly 233
Seeing the Divine Image 236
Love God in What Is Right in Front of You 237
Increasing Love in the World 238
The Third Way 239
Transforming Our Pain 241
Grace Is Key 242
Things Learned While Recuperating 244
Contemplation AND Action 247
Turning toward the Good 248
Heaven and Hell 250
Divinization 251
The Four Loves 254
Love Never Fails 255
To God Be the Glory 257
Trust God Is Loving in Spite of You 258
Appendix: The Enneagram 260