Fr. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Fr. Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized. Fr. Richard is author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam’s Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, Immortal Diamond, Eager to Love, and The Divine Dance: The Trinity and Your Transformation (with Mike Morrell). Fr. Richard is academic Dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity's place within the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Living School is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings. Visit cac.org for more information.
Books
A Lever and a Place to Stand
The Contemplative Stance, the Active Prayer
2011
True Self/False Self
2003
Eager to Love
The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi
2014
The Universal Christ
How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe
2019
What Do We Do With Evil?
2019
Simplicity
The Freedom of Letting Go
2004
Job and the Mystery of Suffering
Spiritual Reflections
1996
Oneing
The Perennial Tradition
2013
The Sermon on the Mount
2006
Discovering The Enneagram
An Ancient Tool a New Spiritual Journey
1990
Adam's Return
The Five Promises of Male Initiation
2004
The Enneagram
A Christian Perspective
1989
Just This
2017
Dancing Standing Still
Healing the World from a Place of Prayer; A New Edition of A Lever and a Place to Stand
2014
Silent Compassion
Finding God in Contemplation
2014
The Great Themes of Scripture
New Testament
1988
Healing Our Violence through the Journey of Centering Prayer
2000
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
What Do We Do With Evil?
2021
Soul Brothers
Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today
2004
Yes, and…
Daily Meditations
2013
What Do We Do with the Bible?
2019
Simplicity
The Art of Living
1991
The Great Themes of Scripture
Old Testament
1987
Experiencing the Enneagram
1992
Wondrous Encounters
Scripture for Lent
2010
The Naked Now
Learning To See As the Mystics See
2009
Preparing for Christmas
2000
Things Hidden
Scripture as Spirituality
2008
Soul Brothers
Men in the Bible Speak to Men Today - revised edition
2023
A Spring Within Us
2016
Letting Go
2005
Why Be Catholic?
Understanding Our Experience and Tradition
1989
Great Themes of Paul
Life as Participation
2002
Quest for the Grail
1994
Hope Against Darkness
The Transforming Vision of Saint Francis in an Age of Anxiety
2001
The Wisdom Pattern
2020
Radical Grace
Daily Meditations
1993
Falling Upward
A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life -- A Companion Journal
2013
Jesus' Alternative Plan
The Sermon on the Mount
2022
Breathing Under Water Companion Journal
Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
2021
The Eight Core Principles
2013
On Scripture
2005
Contemplation in Action
1955
Everything Belongs
The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
2003
The Good News According to Luke
Spiritual Reflections
1997
From Wild Man to Wise Man
Reflections on Male Spirituality
1991
Enneagram II
Advancing Spiritual Discernment
1994
Jesus' Plan for a New World
The Sermon on the Mount
1996
Near Occasions of Grace
1993
The Tears of Things
Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
2025
Every Thing Is Sacred
40 Practices and Reflections on the Universal Christ
2021
What the Mystics Know
Seven Pathways to Your Deeper Self
2011
The Divine Dance
The Trinity and Your Transformation
2016
Immortal Diamond
The Search for Our True Self
2012
Falling Upward
A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
2004
