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The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) publishes homilies by Father Richard Rohr. You can browse the homilies here. The homilies continue to grow as a source for spiritual and scriptural nourishment. Contemplative Interbeing is likewise nourished by the wisdom sharing from Fr. Rohr and CAC. We are taking time to create a scripture index to aid those who pursue deeper study. We hope you find this index from the homilies helpful.

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Scripture Fr Rohr Homily
1 Corinthians 1:10-13 What is the “Kingdom of God”?
1 Corinthians 1:10-13 Family and Job Can Keep us from the Big Picture
1 Corinthians 2:6-10 Our Post-Truth Society
1 Corinthians 6:17-20 Glorify God in your Body
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Feast of Corpus Christi—One Body, One Suffering, One Happiness
1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Jesus’ Inaugural Address
1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Unity is created out of Diversity
1 Corinthians 13 Nothing Else Matters
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Most Profound Chapter in the Bible
1 John 4:7-10 Self Love to Group Love to Universal Love
1 John 4:7-10 Who are we to Judge?
1 John 4:7-10 Love is the Only Message
1 Kings 17:17-24 Women and Widows
1 Kings 19:4-8 Who is Usable for God?
1 Peter 2:20-25 Unjust Suffering/The Welcoming Prayer
1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 An Inner Dialogue of Naming and Responding
1 Samuel 3:3-10, 19 Glorify God in your Body
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 “Rejoice Sunday”Third Sunday of Advent:How you think is who you are
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 The Velcro/Teflon Explanation
2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Some Resent Forgiveness
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Our weakness is what refines the Soul
2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14 What is Resurrection
Acts 1:1-11 The Map Comes Full Circle
Acts 3:17 Where is Jesus?
Acts 10 Who are we to Judge?
Acts 10:25-48 Self Love to Group Love to Universal Love
Acts 10:25-48 Love is the Only Message
Acts 13:46 Jesus’ Non Dual Teaching Is Still Considered “Blasphemy”
Amos 6:1, 4-7 Rich Man/Poor Man
Amos 7:12-15 Priests and Prophets
Colossians 3:12-17 Feast of the Holy Family: The Science of Love
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 A short word on Truth Speakers
Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Lots of priests, not so many prophets
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-35 Jesus Is Honest About Wealth
Ephesians 2:4-10 It’s All Grace From Beginning to End
Ephesians 2:13-18 Woe to the Shepherds Who Do Not Heal and Reconcile
Ephesians 3:2-3 Feast of Epiphany
Ephesians 4:30-5:2 Who is Usable for God?
Ephesians 4:17, 20-24 Scarcity Versus Abundance
Ephesians 5:16 My Statement on the Sexual Abuse Catastrophe in the Church
Exodus 3:1-8, 13-15 Third Sunday of Lent—How it all Starts: A Burning Bush and a Social Task
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Scarcity Versus Abundance
Exodus 17:8-13 Prayer Gives You What You Need, Not What You Want
Exodus 20:1-17 Jesus’ Assault on the System
Ezekiel 17:22-24 The Mustard Seed Conspiracy
Galatians 2:16, 19-21 The Woman “who was a sinner”
Galatians 3:26-29 Horizontal Identity and Vertical Identity
Galatians 4:4-7 When Time Comes to a Fullness
Galatians 4:4-7 Heart Filling and Heart Knowing
Galatians 5:1, 13-18 Law and Freedom
Galatians 5:1, 13-18 A Parallel Universe of Meaning
Galatians 6:14-18 Scattered Insights from Three Readings
Galatians 6:14-18 Three Good Lessons
Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 First Sunday of Lent—The Powerlessness of Not Knowing
Genesis 2:18-24 The Partnership of Gender
Genesis 18:20-32 Primary, Naked Speech
Genesis 18:20-32 Prayer Changes Us, Not God
Habakkuk 1:2-3,2:2-4 Faith is Not Will Power as much as Confidence
Habakkuk 2:2-4 Little Faith Might be Better than “Big Faith”
Isaiah 25:6-10 In the End, a Banquet
Isaiah 25:6-10 A little Scripture study is necessary
Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 Retribution Versus Restoration
Isaiah 35:4-7 Jesus punishes no one
Isaiah 56:1,6-7 The Gradual Overcoming of Racism, even in Jesus
Isaiah 58:7-19 When everyone is a “Christian” no one is a Christian
Isaiah 60:1-6 Feast of Epiphany
Isaiah 62:1-5 Is religion about washing or about enjoying?
Isaiah 66:10-14 Scattered Insights from Three Readings
Isaiah 66:10-14 Three Good Lessons
Isaiah 66:18-22 “Lord, who then can be saved?”
James 2:1-5 The Primacy of Message over Messenger
James 2:14-18 Words Versus Action
Jeremiah 20:10-13 True Goodness is Normally Persecuted
Jeremiah 23:1-6 Woe to the Shepherds Who Do Not Heal and Reconcile
Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 Unity Implies Previous Division
John 1:9-5, 9-14 Christmas 2016: Really only One Message
John 1:35-42 An Inner Dialogue of Naming and Responding
John 2:1-11 Is religion about washing or about enjoying?
John 2:13-25 Jesus’ Assault on the System
John 3:13-17 Feast of the Holy Cross: How is the Cross any kind of victory?
John 3:14-21 It’s All Grace From Beginning to End
John 4 The Woman at the Well
John 4:5-42 Christ the Mirror
John 4:5-42 The Woman at the Well
John 6:1-15 Worldviews of Abundance Versus Scarcity
John 6:24-35 Scarcity Versus Abundance
John 6:24-35 Who eats Whom?
John 6:41-51 What Bread are you Eating?
John 6:51-58 Christification of the Universe
John 6:51-58 Bodies are for Love Making
John 6:51-58 Feast of Corpus Christi
John 6:68 To Whom Else shall we Go?
John 6:55, 60-69 Your faith is what you wake up for in the morning
John 8:1-11 A Psychology of Sin and Blaming
John 10:1-10 Unjust Suffering/The Welcoming Prayer
John 10:27-30, 31-36 Jesus’ Non Dual Teaching Is Still Considered “Blasphemy”
John 11:3-7 The Death of Venus
John 12:20-26 You cannot get there, You can only be there
John 12: 20-33 True Self False Self
John 13:31-35 Love Is Not What as Much as How
John 14:1-12 Do Not Be Afraid. We Return Where We Started.
John 14:15-21 Really!
John 14:15-21 The Full Map of Humanity
John 15:1-8 The Illusion of a Separate Self
John 15:1-8 Being Connected Over Being Correct
John 15: 9-17 Self Love to Group Love to Universal Love
John 15:9-17 Who are we to Judge?
John 15:9-17 Love is the Only Message
John 16:12-15 Feast of the Holy Trinity with the Dalai Lama
John 17:18-23 Homily at close of CONSPIRE 2017
John 17:20-26 Seeing is not Always Recognizing
John 18:33-37 Christ is Bigger and Older than Jesus
John 20:1-9 Eastern Church Gets it More than the Western Church
John 20:1-9 Easter Homily: Everything Will Be Alright in the End
John 20:1-11 What is Resurrection? A New Story Line
John 20:19-23 Pentecost Sunday: The Divine Sparkplug
John 20:19-31 Wounded and Resurrected at the Same Time
John 20:19-31 What Jesus Didn’t Say to Thomas
John 21:1-18 The Return to the Ordinary
John 21: 1-19 Text and Commentary
John 21:1-19 He looks just like everybody else!
John 35-42 Glorify God in your Body
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 The Politics of Exclusion
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 There is no such thing as being Non-Political
Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 Love of Enemies
Luke 1:26-38 Last Sunday of Advent: Mary is our “Let it Be!”
Luke 1:39-45 A Country of Fear and Anger
Luke 2:1-8 Christmas Mass 2015: The Great Embodiment
Luke 2:16-21 When Time Comes to a Fullness
Luke 2:16-21 Two Kinds of Time
Luke 2: 16-21 The Eternal Woman
Luke 2:16-21 Heart Filling and Heart Knowing
Luke 2:22-35 Feast of the Holy Family: The Unholy Family
Luke 2:22-40 Feast of the Holy Family: Our Children Are Not Ours
Luke 2:22-40 Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
Luke 2:41-52 A Boy Seeking Initiation
Luke 3:1-6 Sunday of Advent: A Path, Not an Obstacle Course
Luke 3:10-18 Practical Christianity is just being Fully Human
Luke 3:15-22 We need Fire more than Water
Luke 4:1-13 Temptations to the Misuse of Power
Luke 4:1-13 First Sunday of Lent— Even Jesus had to face the temptations of misuse of power
Luke 4:1-30 The Most Profound Chapter in the Bible
Luke 4:14-21 Jesus’ Inaugural Address
Luke 4:21-30 Nothing Else Matters
Luke 5:1-11 Don’t Be Afraid of Yourself
Luke 6:27-38 We create our Destiny
Luke 6:39-45 Jesus was a good psychologist
Luke 6:17, 20-26 What the world would look like if Jesus’ worldview was in control
Luke 7:11-17 Women and Widows
Luke 7:11-17 God Is All Vulnerable More Than All Mighty
Luke 7:36-50 The Woman “who was a sinner”
Luke 9:18-24 The Common Good Might Mean That I Lose
Luke 9:18-24 Horizontal Identity and Vertical Identity
Luke 9:28-36 All In One Picture
Luke 9:28-36 2nd Sunday of Lent—A Triptych of Transformation
Luke 9:49-58 CONSPIRE 2016: Liturgy Homily
Luke 9:51-62 A Parallel Universe of Meaning
Luke 9:11b-17 Feast of Corpus Christi—One Body, One Suffering, One Happiness
Luke 10:1-12 Three Good Lessons
Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Scattered Insights from Three Readings
Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:25-37 Border Crossing Story
Luke 11:1-3 Primary, Naked Speech
Luke 11:1-13 Prayer Changes Us, Not God
Luke 12:13-21 Jesus Is Honest About Wealth
Luke 12:32-40 The Divine Thief in the Night
Luke 12:32-40 God as Servant of the Soul and Divine Thief
Luke 12:49-53 Unity Implies Previous Division
Luke 13:22-30 “Lord, who then can be saved?”
Luke 14:1, 7-14 Every Expectation of Return is a Resentment in the Making
Luke 14:1, 7-14 So they cannot repay you!
Luke 15:11-32 The Prodigal Father
Luke 16:1-13 “When it fails you. . .”
Luke 16:1-13 The Danger of Money
Luke 16:19-31 Rich Man/Poor Man
Luke 17:5-10 Little Faith Might be Better than “Big Faith”
Luke 17:5-10 Faith is Not Will Power as much as Confidence
Luke 17:11-19 The Grateful Leper was Probably Grateful Before His Healing
Luke 18:1-8 God Is Listening, but It Changes YOU!
Luke 18:9-14 Two Kinds of Religious People
Luke 19:1-8 Prayer Gives You What You Need, Not What You Want
Luke 19:1-10 Seeing and Being Seen
Luke 19:1-10 Reversing Up and Down
Luke 20:34-38 What is Resurrection
Luke 21:5-19 There is Not a Good King in the Whole Bible
Luke 21:5-19 Why We Need Apocalyptic Literature
Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Standing Tall with Dignity
Luke 21:28-32 Jesus is not impressed by opinionated people
Luke 23:35-43 No Human Kingship is Big Enough
Luke 24:35-48 Where is Jesus?
Malachi 3:19-20 Why We Need Apocalyptic Literature
Mark 1:1-8 Second Sunday of Advent: Down by the Riverside Forgiveness
Mark 1:7-11 Feast of the Baptism of Jesus: You must start with something Positive
Mark 1:12-15 Fasting from Hating and Anger
Mark 1:12-15 First Sunday of Lent: From a Bad Novel to Utter Good News
Mark 1:14-20 The Core Message
Mark 1:21-28 A short word on Truth Speakers
Mark 1:21-28 Lots of priests, not so many prophets
Mark 1:29-39 Evil knows that it is all about power
Mark 1:40-45 Who Are You Afraid To Touch
Mark 1:40-45 The Politics of Exclusion
Mark 2:1-12 Some Resent Forgiveness
Mark 2:1-12 Some Resent Forgiveness
Mark 4:26-34 The Mustard Seed Conspiracy
Mark 4:26-34 Father’s Day: No Father’s Day Cards
Mark 4:26-34 Littleness over Bigness
Mark 5: 21-43 She saves Herself by Trusting
Mark 6:1-6 Our weakness is what refines the Soul
Mark 6:7-13 Priests and Prophets
Mark 6:30-34 Woe to the Shepherds Who Do Not Heal and Reconcile
Mark 6:30-34 Outdoor Fiesta Sermon
Mark 7:31-37 Jesus punishes no one
Mark 7:31-37 The Primacy of Message over Messenger
Mark 8:27-35 There is Only One suffering/Only One happiness
Mark 8:27-35 Words Versus Action
Mark 9:2-10 The Light and the Cloud
Mark 9:30-37 Two different starting points
Mark 9:38 What about Hell?
Mark 10:2-12 The Partnership of Gender
Mark 10:35-45 Non-Training for Servanthood
Mark 10:46-52 God cannot resist Weakness
Mark 11:1-9 Palm Sunday 2012
Mark 12:28-34 613 Commandments Reduced to 2!
Mark 12:38-44 Anything above criticism will soon be Evil
Mark 13:24-32 When Worlds Fall Apart
Mark 13:24-32 The End of Worlds
Mark 13:33-37 First Sunday of Advent: To be awake is to be Now—Here
Matthew 1:18-21 Christmas Mass 2015: The Great Embodiment
Matthew 1:18-24 The Real Situation
Matthew 1:18-24 Here, Joseph is the Hero!
Matthew 2:1-12 Feast of the Epiphany:The Outsiders are sometimes the Insiders
Matthew 2:1-12 Those Who Give Gifts Receive Gifts
Matthew 2:1-12 Feast of Epiphany
Matthew 2:1-12 Three Kinds of Kings, Three Kinds of Power
Matthew 2:1-12 You must leave “home” to be wise
Matthew 2:1-12 Journey of the Magi by T.S. Eliot
Matthew 3:1-12 Second Sunday of Advent: Pope Francis as a New John the Baptist
Matthew 3:13-17 Baptism of the Lord Baptism is Initiation through Another(No one baptizes themselves)
Matthew 4:1-11 First Sunday of Lent—The Powerlessness of Not Knowing
Matthew 4:12-17 What is the “Kingdom of God”?
Matthew 4:12-23 Family and Job Can Keep us from the Big Picture
Matthew 5:1-10 Who are the Saints?
Matthew 5:13-16 When everyone is a “Christian” no one is a Christian
Matthew 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37 Our Post-Truth Society
Matthew 5:38-48 Love of Enemies
Matthew 5: 38-48 There is no such thing as being Non-Political
Matthew 6:24-34 Be afraid of everything; unless it is white, American, and successful
Matthew 10:26-32 True Goodness is Normally Persecuted
Matthew 10:37-42 Not who Suffers the Most, but who Loves the Most
Matthew 11:2-11 Who are the ready recipients?
Matthew 11:25-30 Feast of St. Francis: A Universal Man
Matthew 11:25-30 God Is Not Who You Think!
Matthew 13:24-30 The Weeds and the Wheat
Matthew 14:22-33 Peter Walked on Water too!
Matthew 14:31-21 Creating a Community of Compassion
Matthew 15:21-28 The Gradual Overcoming of Racism, even in Jesus
Matthew 16:13-20 No One Can Experience Jesus for You
Matthew 16:13-21 Trust is a Rock You Can Build Upon
Matthew 18:15-20 The Power of Community
Matthew 18:15-20 Where there is right relationship, there is the church
Matthew 18:21-33 Make Sure You are in Need of Forgiveness
Matthew 20:1-16 Who “deserves” anything?
Matthew 21:28-32 Belief is Cheap and Action is Real
Matthew 21:33-43 Jesus’ Critique of Negativity
Matthew 22:1-4 A little Scripture study is necessary
Matthew 22:1-10 In the End, a Banquet
Matthew 22:15-21 Truth Cannot always Take Sides
Matthew 24:37-44 Threat or Divine Thief?
Matthew 25:1-13 When God Makes Love to the Soul
Matthew 25:14-15, 19-21 Moving Out Into Bigger Circles
Matthew 25:31-46 Feast of Christ King of the Universe:Two Ways of Destroying Enemies
Matthew 25:31-46 Our Actions Seem to Matter
Matthew 28:16-20 The Map Comes Full Circle
Numbers 21:4b-9 Feast of the Holy Cross: How is the Cross any kind of victory?
Philippians 2:1-11 Jesus is not impressed by opinionated people
Philippians 2:6-11 Palm Sunday 2012
Philippians 4:4-7 Third Sunday of Advent: Keeping Our Hearts Open in Hell
Philippians 4:6-9 Eleanor Roosevelt agrees with St. Paul
Philippians 4:8-9 Jesus’ Critique of Negativity
Revelation 1:17-19 First Sunday After Easter: We are All Heading Toward Resurrection
Romans 5:12, 5-8 Christ the Mirror
Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 The Gradual Overcoming of Racism, even in Jesus
Wisdom 11:23-24 Seeing and Being Seen
Zephaniah 3:14-18 Third Sunday of Advent: Keeping Our Hearts Open in Hell