Category Archives: Fr Ron Rolheiser

http://ronrolheiser.com Nobody goes through life without facing criticism, opposition, misunderstanding, suspicion, and, at some point, having to experience hatred. This is one of the great pains, perhaps the greatest, inside family, church, and community. Eventually we are subject to criticism, … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ May 9th, 2010 Several years ago, I was at a symposium at which we were discussing the struggle that many young people have today with their faith. One of the participants, a young French Canadian Oblate, offered this perspective: … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ Henri Nouwen was perhaps most popular spiritual writer of the late 20th century and his popularity endures today. More than seven million of his books have been sold world-wide and they have been translated into 30 languages. Fifteen years … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ “Our life is a short time in expectation, a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment. There is a quality of sadness that pervades all the moments of our life. It seems that there … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ God never overpowers, never twists arms, never pushes your face into something so as to take away your freedom. God respects our freedom and is never a coercive force. And nowhere is this more true than in what is … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com/ We are all familiar with a refrain that echoes through many of our Christian prayers and songs, an antiphon of hope addressed to God:  Grant that we may be one with all the saints in singing your praises! But we … Continue reading →

http://ronrolheiser.com We all love to unearth hidden things, to crack some puzzle or code. We need only to look at the hoopla surrounding The Da Vinci Code to see how true this is. Like children, we all still believe there’s … Continue reading →