Richard Rohr dives into white privilege in today's meditation, acknowledging this invisible benefits for those of us who did not have to earn our belonging. By its very nature, power tries to hide the fact that we have instituted systems to give special treatment to or marginalize people based on the color of their skin. Father Richard writes, "The white man's easy advancement was too often at the cost of others not advancing at all." That's why only with "the act of letting go and choosing to b

Today Richard Rohr shares one of his favorite contemplative practices, the Welcoming Prayer, which asks us to remain with our memories of pain, disappointment, and struggle instead of running away from them. He writes, “If you can do this you will see that it is welcoming the pain and letting go of all of your oppositional energy that actually frees you from it! Who would have thought? It is our resistance to things as they are that causes most of our unhappiness—at least I know it is for me.” W