Richard Rohr sums up this whole spirituality of initiation in a one liner: the young man who cannot cry is a savage, the old man who cannot laugh is a fool.
It's a privilege to speak to a group of people who, from your first hand experience in the field of healthcare, most likely know much more about the topic of sadness than I do. In my remarks this evening I will speak as a Christian but more out of my Roman Catholic tradition as I think it might be helpful to the context of sadness.
"All men know how to do is pass on roles, money and opinions, but not who they are," says Father Richard Rohr, O.F.M. The fundamental drive affecting male spirituality, he believes, is "father hunger."
"All men know how to do is pass on roles, money and opinions, but not who they are," says Father Richard Rohr, O.F.M. The fundamental drive affecting male spirituality, he believes, is "father hunger."
