The Tears of Things
Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
Richard Rohr
- **NEW
- YORK
- TIMES
- BESTSELLER
- •
- In
- his
- first
- major
- work
- since
- The
- Universal
- Christ,
- one
- of
- our
- most
- prominent
- spiritual
- voices
- offers
- a
- wholehearted
- and
- hope-filled
- model
- for
- the
- world
- today,
- grounded
- in
- the
- timeless
- wisdom
- of
- the
- Hebrew
- prophets.“Richard
- Rohr
- is
- one
- of
- the
- great
- Christian
- spiritual
- masters
- of
- our
- time.
- Of
- any
- time.”—James
- Martin,
- SJ,
- author
- of
- Come
- Forth**How
- do
- we
- live
- compassionately
- in
- a
- time
- of
- violence
- and
- despair?
- What
- can
- we
- do
- with
- our
- private
- disappointments
- and
- the
- anger
- we
- feel
- in
- such
- an
- unjust
- world?
- In
- his
- most
- personal
- book
- yet,
- Richard
- Rohr
- turns
- to
- the
- writings
- of
- the
- Jewish
- prophets,
- revealing
- how
- some
- of
- the
- lesser-read
- books
- of
- the
- Bible
- offer
- us
- a
- crucial
- path
- forward
- today.The
- prophets’
- writings
- reflect
- the
- full
- spectrum
- of
- human
- maturity.
- In
- almost
- every
- case,
- their
- initial
- rage
- and
- their
- accusatory
- words
- evolve
- into
- a
- profound
- pathos
- and
- lamentation
- about
- our
- shared
- human
- condition
- and
- the
- world’s
- suffering.
- Through
- astute
- critiques
- of
- culture
- and
- institutions,
- and
- their
- journey
- from
- anger
- to
- sadness,
- and
- ultimately
- compassion,
- the
- prophets
- exemplify
- what
- Rohr
- calls
- “sacred
- criticism”—a
- distinct
- approach
- to
- confronting
- evil
- and
- injustice
- that
- acknowledges
- the
- wholeness
- of
- history,
- the
- interconnectedness
- of
- every
- living
- being,
- and
- the
- reality
- of
- a
- divine
- and
- universal
- love.
- In
- this,
- they
- set
- the
- stage
- for
- Jesus,
- who
- follows
- this
- identical
- pattern.Drawing
- on
- a
- century
- of
- biblical
- scholarship
- and
- written
- in
- the
- warm,
- pastoral
- voice
- that
- has
- endeared
- Rohr
- to
- millions,
- The
- Tears
- of
- Things
- breathes
- new
- life
- into
- ancient
- wisdom.
- It
- paves
- a
- path
- of
- enlightenment
- for
- anyone
- seeking
- a
- compassionate
- way
- of
- living
- in
- a
- hurting world.
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