Archive - An Owl Among the Ruins

Finding your desert

Building a habit of lectio divina requires the very thing modern life destroys

Nov 13 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

The blessing of the muffins

On Prayer: Part 3, in which we sanctify the mundane

Nov 8 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

Sighs too deep for words

On Prayer: Part 2, in which we allow our prayer to be completed for us

Nov 4 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

We do not know how to pray

Nov 1 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

October 2024

"What do you want of me?" Jesus asks Bartimaeus, and us

Oct 27 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

The Waters of Renewal

The Baptism of the Lord in Matthew

Oct 25 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

Like water on rock

Let the divine word reshape your heart

Oct 18 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

If I forget you, O Lord...

Remembering God's many gifts with Psalm 103

Oct 15 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

A parent we don't want to disappoint

Christ's Fatherhood in the Rule of Benedict

Oct 11 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

Forgiving. Healing. Redeeming.

The Psalmist anticipates the central acts of Jesus

Oct 7 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

Thérèse and her little way

The mystery of radical simplicity, and the strange grace of darkness

Oct 1 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

September 2024

A child in the lap of the Lord (Audio)

A homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B

Sep 30 •

Dcn. Thomas L. McDonald

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