A lot of us pray as if prayer is really twisting the arm of God or convincing God to do something. We think by saying more words well talk God into it. We think, If I say it one more time, God will agree with me. That very attitude is an alienating attitude. It keeps us in the role of doing it right or often enough to convince an unready or unwilling God. Wrong, wrong, wrong!19 minutes ago
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Richard Rohr was American franciscan priest and writer. Richard Rohr, is an American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was ordained to the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970, founded the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati in 1971, and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia →

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