Richard Rohr dives into white privilege in today's meditation, acknowledging this invisible benefits for those of us who did not have to earn our belonging. By its very nature, power tries to hide the fact that we have instituted systems to give special treatment to or marginalize people based on the color of their skin. Father Richard writes, "The white man's easy advancement was too often at the cost of others not advancing at all." That's why only with "the act of letting go and choosing to b

In this week’s meditations, Richard Rohr explores both the personal and communal healing that can take place when we commit to Shadow Work. He writes, “Our shadow self is any part of ourselves or our institutions that we try to hide or deny because it seems socially unacceptable…. Our success-driven culture scorns failure, powerlessness, and any form of poverty…. Nonviolence, weakness, and simplicity are also part of the American shadow self. We avoid the very things that Jesus praises, and we t

Let go of your desire to control so you can humbly do God’s work of justice and compassion. Richard Rohr’s 2020 Daily Meditation theme gives practical ways to unite action and contemplation for the healing of the world. | Center for Action and Contemplation