“Jesus was trying to present value of a life of vulnerability in which one would have practical and needed experience of the same. It would be a life without baggage, so one would learn to accept others and their culture instead of always carrying along our own country's assumptions and calling them the Gospel.”

American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality

Richard Rohr is an American Franciscan priest and writer on spirituality based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was ordained in the Roman Catholic Church in 1970. He is known for founding the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati in 1971 and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque in 1987. Rohr writes and speaks on spirituality, with a focus on contemplative practice, faith, and social action. In 2011, PBS described him as one of the most popular spirituality authors and speakers in the world.