Richard Rohr Quotes

If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is.

Richard Rohr

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• If our love of God does not directly influence, and even change, how we engage in the issues of our time on this earth, I wonder what good religion is.

  

  Richard Rohr
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  • Religion