Meditation Archives-
(includes the daily Gospel Gospelthink meditations)

January 1, 2026* - Reflect and Understand”

January 2, 2026* - "Recognizing the Prophet”

January 3, 2026* - Knowing and Recognizing Jesus”

January 4, 2026* - Finding God Amidst the Disappointments”

January 5, 2026* - “THE Christian Directive”

January 6, 2026* - "The Food of the Eucharist”

January 7, 2026* - Fear of the Lord: God is a Force”

January 8, 2026* - The Problems of the World”

January 9, 2026* - "Possessing Jesus”

January 10, 2026* - “Humility is Truth”

January 11, 2026* - “The Importance of Repentance”

January 12, 2026* - "Repent, then Believe”

January 13, 2026*  - The Prayer of Petition”

January 14, 2026* - Listen and Preach”

January 15, 2026* - “God’s Presence in Our World”

January 16, 2026* - “The Message of Forgiveness”

January 17, 2026* - Called by God

January 18, 2026* - Knowing and Recognizing Jesus”

January 19, 2026* - The New Wine”

January 20, 2026* - The Spirit of the Lord ‘Rushes’ Upon Us”

January 21, 2026* - The Spirituality of Stewardship”

January 22, 2026* - Being a Jonathan”

January 23, 2026* - “Jesus and Judas”

January 24, 2026 * - “What is Really Important”

January 25, 2026* - “Our Personal Mission Statement”

January 26, 2026* - "Thinking About Sin”

January 27, 2026* -The Will of God”

January 28, 2026* - “The Word of God”

January 29, 2026* - "Lamps”

January 30, 2026* - "Evil Will Be Overcome.”

January 31, 2026* - "Do You Not Yet Have Faith?”



February 1, 2026* - The Beautitudes: More Than Law”

February 2, 2026 * - "What is Really Important”

February 3, 2026* - "’Something Better’”

February 4, 2026* - "Listening with an Open Mind”


February 5, 2026"Personal Christian Patterns”

February 6, 2026* - “David or Herod”

February 7, 2026* - "An Understanding Heart”

February 8, 2026 * - Salt and Light”

February 9, 2026* - "The Touch that Heals”

February 10, 2026* - "Truly Honoring God”

February 11, 2026* - "Controlling Our Free Willls”

February 12, 2026 * - "The Prayer of Petition”

February 13, 2026* - "The Desire to be Gods”


February 14, 202
6 – Being Satisfied with What We Have

February 15, 2026* - “Law and Love”

February 16, 2026* - "Real Faith Means Praactical Faith”

February 17, 2026* - "A Christian Must be a Servant”

February 18, 2026* - “Attacking the Wrong”

February 19, 2026 -Following Jesus”

February 20, 2026* - Fasting—A Reminder”

February 21, 2026* - "Self-Righteousness and a Change of Heart”

February 22, 2026* - The Proactive Christian”

February 23, 2026* - "Loving Others: Negative and Positive”

February 24, 2026* - “Prayer”

February 25, 2026* - The Four Steps of Reform”

February 26, 2026* - "The Prayer of Petition”

February 27, 2026* - "The Law and Concern for Others”

February 28, 2026* - "Love of Enemies”



March 1, 2026* - “Listening with the Heart”

March 2, 2026* - "GIVE to Others”

March 3, 2026* - The Hypocrisy of Church-Goers”

March 4, 2026* - "Service to Others”

March 5, 2026Looking at Wealth”

March 6, 2026* -"Selfishnesss and Rejection”

March 7, 2026* - "Our Forgiving Father”

March 8, 2026* - "The Samaritan Woman”

March 9, 2026* - "A True Prophet”

March 10, 2026* - "Forgiveness”

March 11, 2026* - "The Law of Jesus”

March 12, 2026*- "Listening to the Lord”

March 13, 2026* - "Understanding Jesus’s Law”

March 14, 2026* - "Why Are You Here?

March 15, 2026* - "Spiritual Openness”

March 16, 2026* - "Belief in Jesus”

March 17, 2026* - "The Christian in Life-Giving”

March 18, 2026* - "Hearing and Believing”

March 19, 2026* - "The Lessons of Joseph”

March 20, 2026* - "Do We Really Know Jesus?”

March 21, 2026* - "The Courage to Speak”

March 22, 2026* - "The Subject of Death”

March 23, 2026* - "God Don’t Make Junk”

March 24, 2026* - "What is Below and What is Above”

March 25, 2026* - "Listening to God”

March 26, 2026* - "Listening to Jesus”

March 27, 2026* - "Listening to Jesus”

March 28, 2026* - What are We Going to Do?”

March 29, 2026"Matthew’s Passion”

March 30, 2026* - "Our Belief in Jesus Christ”

March 31, 2026* - "Our Own Betrayals and Denials”



April 1, 2026* -"A Study in Selfishness”

April 2, 2026* -  "Fully Aware

April 3, 2026* -  "Willing to Give”

April 4, 2026* - “...On the Way”

April 5, 2026 – “The Empty Tomb”

April 6, 2026 - "Witness to the Truth”

April 7, 2026* - The Effects of the Resurrection”

April 8, 2026* - The Stages of the Spiritual Life”

April 9, 2026* - Called to Proclaim”

April 10, 2026* - "How Are You Doing”

April 11, 2026* - "To Every Creature”

April 12, 2026* - "More Than God Alone

April 13, 2026* - "Acting Like We Are Baptized”

April 14, 2026* - "Born From Above”

April 15, 2026* - Light and Darkness”

April 16, 2026* -  The Words We Speak”

April 17, 2026* - “More Than Enough”

April 18, 2026* - "Do Not Be Afraid”

April 19, 2026* - "The Stages of the Spiritual Life”







April 20, 2025* - "Against Orders"

April 21, 2025* - "Controlling the Free Will"









April 22, 2025* - "Sing the Song of Maturity"

April 23, 2025* - "Words Said Are Important"

April 24, 2025* - "The 'Afterlife' Called Heaven"

April 25, 2025* - "A Higher Standard"

April 26, 2025* - "Way Too Alone"

April 27, 2025* - "The Reality of Pleasure"

April 28, 2025* - "There's Always Tomorrow"

April 29, 2025* - "In Self-Defense"

April 30, 2025* - "Those 'Others'"

May 1, 2025* - "Just Meet in the Middle"

May 2, 2025* - "Who Should We Trust"

May 3, 2025* - "Lording It Over Others"




May 4, 2025* - "Communication in Conflict and Life"

May 5, 2025* - "The Desire to Control"

May 6, 2025* - "'Falling' and Then Love"

May 7, 2025* - "Sorrow and Forgiveness"

May 8, 2025* -  "Staying in the 'Play Pretend'"

May 9, 2025* - "The Swing of Showing Love"

May 10, 2025* - "The Fact of Life in Death"

May 11, 2025* - "Using Our Talents"

May 12, 2025 "Criminals or True Friends"

May 13, 2025* - "A Difficult Lesson"

May 14, 2025* - "Know the Truth"

May 15, 2025* - "No Place for Hate"

May 16, 2025* - "The Struggle to 'Be Someone'"

May 17, 2025* - "Blinded by the Lights"

May 18, 2025* - "Let Me Apologize"

May 19, 2025* - "The Importance of the Young"

May 20, 2025* - "Our Dating Pattern"

May 21, 2025* - "Addressing the Evil"



May 22, 2025* - "The Evil of Desire for Power"

May 23, 2025* - "Too Much of a Good Thing"

May 24, 2025* - "A Necessary Sacrifice"

May 25, 2025* - "True Love in a Family"

May 26, 2025* - “You Blame Me and I Blame You”

May 27, 2025* - "Courage, Spectacular and Ordinary"

May 28, 2025* - "It's Just Us"

May 29, 2025* - "The Fault of 'Giving Up'"

May 30, 2025* - "Scared for the Right Reason"

May 31, 2025* - "The Courage to Do Something"



June 1, 2025* - "When You Don't Know What to Do"

June 2, 2025* - "Emotions and Communication"

June 3, 2025* - "I Can't Escape...Unless"

June 4, 2025* - "A Sucker for Another"

June 5, 2025* - "Faith Leads to Love"

June 6, 2025* - "How to be Happy”

June 7, 2025* - "A Ride in the Galaxy"

June 8, 2025* - "I'm the Problem"

June 9, 2025* - "Never Give Up on Life"

June 10, 2025* - Come Alive”

June 11, 2025* - "Our Creating Minds"

June 12, 2025* - "A Positive Peace"

June 13, 2025* - "Sadness in Life"

June 14, 2025* - "Rest from What is Going On"

June 15, 2025* - "A Broken Machine"

June 16, 2025* - "Love of Parents"

June 17, 2025* - "To Think as God Does"

June 18, 2025* - "What is the Truth?"

June 19, 2025* - "We Will Never Be the Same"

June 20, 2025* - "The Bigger Picture: A Better Place"

June 21, 2025* - "Getting the Nerve"

June 22, 2025* - "We'll Never Be Royals"

June 23, 2025* - "I Saved My Life"

June 24, 2025*  "Stressed Out by Maturity"

June 25, 2025* - "When There is Failure"

June 26, 2025* - "Can Two Very Different People Love"

June 27, 2025* - "Love Even When It Is Most Difficult"

June 28, 2025* - "A Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream"

June 29, 2025* - "The Action of Friendship"

June 30, 2025* - "A Study of Evil"



July 1, 2025* - "Compliment for No Reason"

July 2, 2025* - “Water of Life”

July 3, 2025* - "The Cost of Over-Confidence"

July 4, 2025* - "I Must Continue"

July 5, 2025* - "Always Guiding"

July 6, 2025* - "Evidence That It Is Permanent"

July 7, 2025* - "Open to the Truth"

July 8, 2025* - "Revenge or Justice?"

July 9, 2025* - "A Sincere and Honest Leader"

July 10, 2025* - "'Chosen to Lead"

July 11, 2025* - "'Fulfilling the Past"

July 12, 2025* - "What God Wants and What I Want"

July 13, 2025* - "All Will Know"

July 14, 2025* - "Flawed Human Beings"

July 15, 2025* - "If You Don't Take It Back"

July 16, 2025* -  "Love of Parents"

July 17, 2025* - "Learning Determination"

July 18, 2025* - "Respect for Those Who Defend"

July 19, 2025* - "Do Not Worry"

July 20, 2025* - "It Isn't In My Blood"

July 21, 2025* - "Gotta Survive"

July 22, 2025* - "More Evil Than Before”

July 23, 2025* - "Holding No Secrets"

July 24, 2025* - "Selfishness and the Truth"

July 25, 2025* - "Depending on Another Too Much"

July 26, 2025* - "Real Love”

July 27, 2025* - "Selfishness and Love of Others"

July 28, 2025* - "The Price of Freedom"

July 29, 2025* - "Falling Far in Love"


July 30, 2025* - "I Got All I Need"

July 31, 2025* - "How About We Just Talk"



August 1, 2025* - "The Sanctity of Truth"

August 2, 2025* - "Clarity in the Confusion"

August 3, 2025* - "Love Holds Nothing Back"

August 4. 2025* - "Conversion is Necessary for a Good life"

August 5, 2025* - "The Fundamental Law"

August 6, 2025* - "With You Always"

August 7, 2025* - "Resisting the Hold of Evil"

August 8, 2025* - "Choosing to be a Friend"

August 9, 2025* - When God is Primary in Our Lives...”

August 10, 2025* - "What Are We Interested In”

August 11, 2025* - "Keeping the Peace”

August 12, 2025* - "The Virtues of Being a Child”

August 13, 2025* - “Confronting Another”

August 14, 2025* - “Forgiveness from the Heart”

August 15, 2025* - “The Lessons of the Magnificat

August 16, 2025* - “Following the Lord’s Teachings”

August 17, 2025*- “The Modern Day Prophet”

August 18, 2025* - “Sell, Give and Follow”

August 19, 2025* -"The Spirit of Poverty”

August 20, 2025* - "The Virtue of Generosity”

August 21, 2025*- “The Invitation to Change”

August 22, 2025* - "Love Shown in Action”

August 23, 2025* - "The Possibility of Hypocrisy”

August 24, 2025* - "The Narrow Gate—Forced Maturity”

August 25, 2025*- “The Teachers We Should Be”

August 26, 2025* - Pleasing God Rather Than Men”

August 27, 2025* - “Religion Must Be Real”

August 28, 2025* - “Blameless in Holiness”

August 29, 2025* - “Telling the Truth”

August 30, 2025* - "Using Our Talents”

August 31, 2025* - “Humility—Truth--And the Importance of

Everyone”



September 1, 2025* - “Tolerance of Others”

September 2, 2025* - "Children of the Light”

September 3, 2025* - “Bearing the Fruit of the Gospel”

September 4, 2025* - “A Total Response to Jesus”

September 5, 2025* - “The New Teaching of Jesus”

September 6, 2025* - “The Law”

September 7, 2025* - "Disciples or Admirers”

September 8, 2025* - “Everything That Happens is Good”

September 9, 2025* - Rooted and Prepared”

September 10, 2025* - “The Poor for God”

September 11, 2025* - “Practical Rules of Behavior”


September 12, 2025* - “Seeing Clearly”

September 13, 2025* - “Acting on the Word of God”

September 14, 2025* - “Belief in Redemption”

September 15, 2025* - “Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows”

September 16, 2025* - “The Virtue of Compassion”

September 17, 2025* - “True Listening”

September 18, 2025* - “Love is the Center”

September 19, 2025* - “Some Characteristics of the Kingdom”

September 20, 2025* - “Jesus’s Story of the Sower”

September 21, 2025* - “Who is Our Master”

September 22, 2025* - “Listening Carefully to God”

September 23, 2025* - “How Important is the Word of God”

September 24, 2025* - "Material Goods and the Christian”

September 25, 2025* - "More Than Trying to Understand Jesus”

September 26, 2025* - "Who Do You Say That I Am?

September 27, 2025* - “Jesus’s Death, Our Deaths”

September 28, 2025* - "The Problem of Being Rich: Selfishness”

September 29, 2025* - "God’s Defense and Help”

September 30, 2025* - "The Doctrine of Non-Retaliation”

 

October 1, 2025* “A True Follower of God”

October 2, 2025* - Angels as Protectors”

October 3, 2025* - "Recognize Sinfluness, Recognize Moracles”

October 4, 2025* - "God Understands”

October 5, 2025*-  "The Vision of Service”

October 6, 2025* - "God Calls Us to Show Compassion”

October 7, 2025* - "Listening to Jesus”

October 8, 2025* - "The Attitude of Forgiveness”

October 9, 2025* "The Prayer of Petition”

October 10, 2025* - "Jesus Ovecromes Evil in Our Lives at all Times.”

October 11, 2025* - "Listening and Doing”

October 12, 2025* - "Being Thankful”

October 13, 2025* - "Repentance and Wisdom”

October 14, 2025* - "External Practices, Internal Growth”

October 15, 2025* - "Knowing the Problem”

October 16, 2025* - "The Truth of the ‘Principle of Faith’”

October 17, 2025* - "No Hypocrisy and Complete Trust”

October 18, 2025* - "Like Luke”

October 19, 2025* - "Being Thankful”

October 20, 2025* - "The Desire for More Money.”

October 21, 2025* - "Being Ready”

October 22, 2025* – “The Spiritualiity of Stewardship”

October 23, 2025* - "The Slave of God”

October 24, 2025* - "Interpreting Our Lives”

October 25, 2025* - "Bad Things Happen to Good People”

October 26, 2025* - "Do We Really Need God?”

October 27, 2025* - "Asking the Right Questions”

October 28, 2025* - "Altering Our Lives”

October 29, 2025* - "The Narrow Gate”

October 30, 2025* - "If You Understand Love for Christ”

October 31, 2025* - "The Importance of People”



November 1, 2025* - “The Master Designer”

November 2, 2025* - "Remembering Those Who Have Died’

November 3, 2025* - "The Importance of the ‘Other’”

November 4, 2025* - "Sincere Love and Its Reward”

November 5, 2025* - "The True Disciple”

November 6, 2025* - “Lost and Found”


November 7, 2025* - "Children of the World and Children of Light”

November 8, 2025*- "A Master Problem”

November 9, 2025*- "God is Present in Our World Through Us”

November 10, 2025*- "Integrity of Heart”

November 11, 2025* -"Being a Servant”

November 12, 2025* - "The Leper Who Returned”

November 13, 2025* - "The Wisdom of the Kingdom”

November 14, 2025* - “The End of the World”

November 15, 2025* - ‘Some Thoughts on the Prayer of Petition”

November 16, 2025* - " Time to Persevere”

November 17, 2025* - "The Idols of the Twenty-first Century”

November 18, 2025* - "Zacchaeus, Eleazar and Us

November 19, 2025* - “Using the Talents We Have”

November 20, 2025* - “Making For Peace”

November 21, 2025* - "Cleansing the Temple

November 22, 2025* - "Life, Part 1 and 2”

November 23, 2025* - "Overcoming the Emptiness”

November 24, 2025* - True Dedication to God

November 25, 2025* -‘The End Times Lead to Conversion”

November 26, 2025* - “Perseverance”

November 27, 2025* - "Realize”

November 28, 2025* - "The Kingdom of God is Here

November 29, 2025* - "Words for Final Days”

November 30, 2025* - "Waking Up”



December 1, 2025* - "The Value of Friendship"

December 2, 2025* - "The Gift of Time"

December 3, 2025* - "Fully Aware"

December 4, 2025* - "I Am Truly Alive"

December 5, 2025* - " More Important than Law"

December 6, 2025* - "No Damsel in Distress"

December 7, 2025* - "Sharing One's Joy"

December 8, 2025* - "Don't Blame It on Me"


December 9, 2025* - "The Force: Light and Darkness"

December 10, 2025* - "Maturity Means Caring"

December 11, 2025* - "Run from It or Learn from It"

December 12, 2025* - "Forgiveness with No But's"

December 13, 2025* - "Burning out the Way"

December 14, 2025* - "One Smart Mama and Hope in God"


December 15, 2025* - "Time to Grow"

December 16, 2025* - "Kindness May be a Cure"

December 17, 2025*- "Pity Those Without Love"

December 18, 2025* -"Is Heaven Real?"

December 19, 2025* - "There is Hope"

December 20, 2025* - "How to be Perfect in Your Love"

December 21, 2025* - "We Need Love Now"

December 22, 2025* - "The Unanswerable Questions”

December 23, 2025* - "The Hand of the Lord”

December 24, 2025*- "Remaining Holy in the Lord’s Sight”

December 25, 2025* - "The Christmas of Wally Purling”

December 26, 2025* - "The Christian Virtue of Courage”

December 27, 2025* - To See and Believe”

December 28, 2025* - "Dealing With the Messes”

December 29, 2025* - The Revealing Light”

December 30, 2025*  -"The Things of This World”

December 31, 2025* - "Knowing Who Jesus Really Is”







































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































 

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Fr. Mike Scully is a member of the Capuchin Province of Mid-America