Wondrous Encounters

From one of the most beloved spiritual writers alive today, a powerful, timeless book of meditations for the Lenten season

What if Lent were not primarily about self-improvement, but about real transformation through encountering God?

In Wondrous Encounters, Richard Rohr invites readers into a forty-day journey through Scripture that is less about explanation and more about lived experience. Written during a season of silence and solitude, these reflections follow the daily Lenten readings from Ash Wednesday through Holy Saturday, tracing a downward path of surrender that quietly becomes a movement toward new life.

Rather than offering moral instruction or theological argument, Rohr approaches the Bible as a living dialogue-one that mirrors our inner struggles, unmasks false certainties, and opens us to deeper seeing. Drawing on themes of non-dual awareness, mercy, and divine intimacy, he shows how Scripture shapes us not by answers alone, but by encounter itself.

Written in Rohr's characteristically spacious, pastoral voice, Wondrous Encounters offers a contemplative companion for Lent-one that invites readers to be fully known, fully honest, and gradually transformed through the slow, faithful reading of God's Word. Richard Rohr is a globally recognized Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher whose work bears witness to the deep wisdom of Christian mysticism. He is the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, an educational nonprofit that introduces seekers to the contemplative Christian path of transformation. He is the author of many books, most recently, the New York Times bestseller The Universal Christ. His work has been featured on Oprah's SuperSoul Sunday, Krista Tippett's On Being, and in The New Yorker and Harper's magazine. New York Times bestselling author