Richard Rohr Quotes

I felt unworthy, and it's amazing how God kind of showed me that that's how we act as humans, and that's sometimes how we act in our Christian life.

I believe Jesus Christ is God. I believe He loves every single human being that has ever lived, no matter what they have done, even if they don't believe in Him.

If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

When we love like Jesus does, lives change for the better.

The prevailing mentality was that the Church must not be a Church of laws but, rather, a Church of love; she must not punish. Thus, the awareness that punishment can be an act of love ceased to exist. This led to an odd darkening of the mind, even in very good people.

No matter how bad you mess up, God loves you, and there's nothing you can do about it.

Cheer up: You're a worse sinner than you ever dared imagine, and you're more loved than you ever dared hope.

Love conquers all - love is the grace that transcends any kind of injustice in the end.

You never so touch the ocean of God's love as when you forgive and love your enemies.

I have given God countless reasons not to love me. None of them has been strong enough to change Him.

The deepest cry of the human heart is to be loved without condition, no matter what. The gospel of grace announces that you are.

Grace is when you know you're loved exactly as you are.

I used to think JESUS motivated us with ultimatums, but now I know He pursues us in LOVE.

God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

And it is the Lord, it is Jesus, Who is my judge. Therefore I will try always to think leniently of others, that He may judge me leniently, or rather not at all, since He says: "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.

if I hate the sins, I love the sinner, and would do much for his salvation

Despite our sins, we can say with Peter: Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you.

I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every moment of sin, shame, dishonesty and degraded love that has darkened your past. Right now I know your shallow faith, your feeble prayer life, your inconsistent discipleship. And my word is this: I dare you to trust that I love you just as you are, and not as you should be. Because you’re never going to be as you should be.

Jesus says. "Acknowledge and accept who I want to be for you: a Savior of boundless compassion, infinite patience, unbearable forgiveness, and love that keeps no score of wrongs. Quit projecting onto Me your own feelings about yourself. At this moment your life is a bruised reed and I will not crush it, a smoldering wick and I will not quench it. You are in a safe place." Brennan Manning. Abba's Child: The Cry of the Heart for Intimate Belonging

It may be a very bad thing that I needed God to die for me, but it is a wonderful thing that God thinks I am worth dying for.

Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving.

God loves us completely. And He knew us at our worst before He ever began to love us at all.

When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.

God loves us as we are...not as we ought to be. because we are never going to be as we ought to be." --Brennan Manning

Salvation and Christ's love is a gift. You don't earn it. You've got to receive that gift. I think one of the most important things is starting off the day forgiving others and forgiving yourself. You learn from your mistakes, but I don't think you have to drag them back into today.