“Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, and praising God until we ourselves are an act of praise.”
— Richard Rohr, 2009
American priest and writer
Sit in silence until it silences you.
What do you value about silence?
What are the fruits of sitting in silence?
Read the source of today’s quote
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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. His spirituality is rooted in Christian mysticism and the perennial tradition.
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