Mike Owens

Yet like Peter, we are called to walk back down into the valley, trusting that the voice we heard, however brief or faint, is enough to take the next step.

When grace is refracted through lives that do not seek credit, the colors belong unmistakably to God.

We see a mother holding her child and living with the weight of what has been revealed.

On this feast of All Saints, we lift our eyes to heaven — not just to remember the formally canonized saints, but to recognize the countless faithful who have reflected God’s light in quiet, hidden ways.

We see this lived out beautifully in St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, whose feast we celebrate today. Though her life was hidden within the walls of a cloister, she understood the radical call of discipleship.

Jesus revealed a Savior whose mission was broader and deeper: to heal bodies and souls, to break chains of sin and oppression, and to extend God’s grace to all people...

The people of Nazareth struggled to reconcile Jesus’ humble origins with his wisdom and extraordinary abilities.