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 ...

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.

Bring the powerful down to size with humor. After a time of frustration and even despair, God sent Elijah on a journey to help a poor widow and her son who were on the brink of starvation.