A healthy soul must do two things for us. First, it must put some fire in our veins, keep us energized, vibrant, living with zest and full of hope as we sense that life is, ultimately beautiful and worth living ... Second, a healthy soul has to keep us fixed together. It has to continually give us a sense of who we are, where we came from, where we are going, and what sense there is in all of this.
Becoming like Jesus is as much as about having a relaxed and joyful heart as it is about believing and doing the right thing, as much about proper en… - Ronald Rolheiser
Becoming like Jesus is as much as about having a relaxed and joyful heart as it is about believing and doing the right thing, as much about proper en…
- Ronald Rolheiser
The incarnation began with Jesus and it has never stopped . . . God takes on flesh so that every home becomes a church, every child becomes the Chris… - Ronald Rolheiser
The incarnation began with Jesus and it has never stopped . . . God takes on flesh so that every home becomes a church, every child becomes the Chris…
Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist and the artifact, can be… - Ronald Rolheiser
Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist and the artifact, can be…
Faith is not a question of basking in the certainty that there is a God and that God is taking care of us. Many of us are never granted this kind of … - Ronald Rolheiser
Faith is not a question of basking in the certainty that there is a God and that God is taking care of us. Many of us are never granted this kind of …
Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine aware… - Ronald Rolheiser
Without making any moral judgements whatsoever, one can say that self-indulgence and excessive self-preoccupation are the antithesis of genuine aware…
Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one thing is to turn one's back on many others. - Ronald Rolheiser
Every choice is a thousand renunciations. To choose one thing is to turn one's back on many others.
The highest compliment we can give to God, our Creator, is to thoroughly enjoy the gift of life. One should never look a gift universe in the mouth! … - Ronald Rolheiser
The highest compliment we can give to God, our Creator, is to thoroughly enjoy the gift of life. One should never look a gift universe in the mouth! …
This is perhaps the greatest moral challenge Jesus left us: We all do pretty well in love when the persons we are loving are warm and gracious, but c… - Ronald Rolheiser
This is perhaps the greatest moral challenge Jesus left us: We all do pretty well in love when the persons we are loving are warm and gracious, but c…
The God of the incarnation is more domestic than monastic. - Ronald Rolheiser
The God of the incarnation is more domestic than monastic.
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