Holy Listening by Father Richard Rohr, OFM July 30, 2022

Week Thirty Summary and Practice Holy Listening July 24–July 29, 2022 Sunday  Jesus says people who live the vulnerable life of connection and relationship will bear much fruit. These are the people we trust, like, and admire. And yet so many of us are afraid to be the very thing that we admire the most. —Richard Rohr Monday  Compassion and dialogue are essentially vulnerable positions. If we are into control and predictability, we will seldom descend into the vulnerability of undefended listening or the scariness of dialogue. —Richard Rohr Tuesday  Listening does not grant the other side legitimacy. It grants them humanity—and preserves our own. —Valarie Kaur Wednesday  Perhaps one of the most precious and powerful gifts we can give another person is to really listen to them, to listen with quiet, fascinated attention, with our whole being, fully present. —Kay Lindahl Thursday  To listen closely, with every fibre of our being, at every moment of the day, is one of the most difficult things in the world, and yet it is essential if we mean to find the God whom we are seeking. —Esther de Waal Friday  If something comes toward us with grace and can pass through us and toward others with grace, we can trust it as the voice of God. —Richard Rohr