Conversation w/ Ronald Rolheiser: Restlessness, Leaving a Legacy, Dealing With Anger + the Power of Fidelity

About this episode

Fr. Ronald Rolheiser discusses restlessness, legacy, and the integration of spiritual life with parenting.

In this episode, Brook and Justin sit down with Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, one of the most trusted and influential spiritual voices of our time, and someone whose work we deeply admire and return to often. A Catholic priest, theologian, and author, Fr. Rolheiser has spent more than 50 years teaching and writing about prayer, vocation, and the interior life, helping countless people understand how God meets us in ordinary, everyday faithfulness. Now 78 and a cancer survivor of more than a decade, Fr. Rolheiser reflects on this current stage of life and what it means to finish well. Drawing from his framework of getting your life together, giving your life away, and giving your death away, he shares wisdom shaped by experience, suffering, and surrender, reminding us that the way we die is the spirit we leave behind. Much of the conversation centers on restlessness, particularly in midlife. Fr. Rolheiser explains that our restlessness is not something to eliminate but a sign that we are “built too big for this world.” Rather than escaping it, he invites us to listen for what God may be teaching us through it, especially as parents learning to integrate spiritual life with ordinary…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brook, Justin

Guest: Ronald Rolheiser

Topics covered

• restlessness
• legacy
• anger
• fidelity
• spiritual life
• parenting

Keywords

• restlessness
• legacy
• anger
• fidelity
• spirituality
• parenting
• faithfulness

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Domestic Monastery

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