Daily Meditations Yearly Theme Archive
Explore the online archive by browsing the years listed below.
2026 Daily Meditations
Good News for a Fractured World
Our world feels more fractured than ever. How do we reclaim the Bible as truly good news, rather than a weapon that wounds? This year’s Daily Meditations invite us to rediscover the liberating message of Scripture that contributes to the world’s mending, rather than its breaking.
2025 Daily Meditations
Being Salt and Light
How can we be a transformative presence in our communities? This year, our Daily Meditations theme is Being Salt and Light. In 2025, we invite you to reimagine Jesus’ timeless metaphors, exploring how to live deeply and with trust amid life’s unknowns — join us!
2024 Daily Meditations
Radical Resilience
We live in a world on fire. This year, the Daily Meditations will explore contemplation as a way to build Radical Resilience so we can stand in solidarity with the world without burning up or burning out. The path ahead may be challenging, but we can walk it together.
2023 Daily Meditations
The Prophetic Path
It can be easier to turn away from suffering than face it with an open heart. That’s why our 2023 Daily Meditations theme, The Prophetic Path, empowers us to not avoid or fear the pain of the world, but turn toward it with compassion.
2022 Daily Meditations
Nothing Stands Alone
What could happen if we embraced the idea of God as relationship—with ourselves, each other, and the earth? Could salvation simply be the willingness to remain in loving relationship with all creation?
2021 Daily Meditations
A Time of Unveiling
We are living through a period of global disorder. People around the world are experiencing tremendous suffering, uncertainty, and disruption to their lives.
2020 Daily Meditations
Action and Contemplation
Franciscan Richard Rohr founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in 1987 because he saw a deep need for the integration of both action and contemplation.
2019 Daily Meditations
Old & New: Evolving Faith
As you witness so much division, fear, and suffering in our world, you may wonder what path—if any—there is toward healing and hope.
2018 Daily Meditations
Image and Likeness
Richard Rohr explores how we can incarnate love in our unique context by unveiling the image and likeness of God in all that we see and do.
2017 Daily Meditations
From the Bottom Up
Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations help us rediscover Christianity’s essential, contemplative foundations and rebuild our spirituality “From the Bottom Up.”
2016 Daily Meditations
Love
Throughout the year, Fr. Richard’s messages follow the thread of Love through many of his classic teachings in 1-2 week segments.
2015 Daily Meditations
Lineage
Having a solid and clear “epistemology”—how we know the things we know—is important, or we are subject to the whims and fancies of any teacher.
2014 Daily Meditations
A Spring Within Us
Available in print only. In these daily reflections, Richard Rohr invites us to rediscover the spring hidden inside. He reminds us of our inherent belovedness and God’s indwelling presence.
2013 Daily Meditations
Yes, And…
Available in print only. Daily inspiration from one of the most influential spiritual teachers in the world. Featuring meditations for nearly every day of the year, Yes, and… provides a comprehensive collection of Richard Rohr’s thought and teaching.