But the widow raises a child—without a husband, without a safety net, without welfare or workfare. She does it in a time of idolatrous national arrogance, famine and drought. Raising the dead requires ...

Much like the widow to whom Elijah turned after he started the drought, Consuelo could not deny others in need. God had told Elijah that he would meet a widow in Zarephath who would feed him.

Elijah shines as a friend of God and a master of prayer and the interior life. It begins with the miracle of the widow and the bread: “After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the ...

After hours of prayer, cutting themselves and weeping, the Baal worshippers received no answer. At God’s command, Elijah repaired an altar and saturated it three times over with multiple barrels ...

In all these instances, a prayer for the dead person is recorded (Elijah’s being the most specific ... come out” (Jn 11:43), and to the dead son of the widow of Nain: “Young man, I say ...