Search your prayer books, meditate on all 20 mysteries of the rosary and comb through novenas and chaplets. Nowhere will you find the suggestion that you pray like Elijah does in today’s first reading ...

Who doesn’t love a good Old Testament story from the Bible? I remember one in particular about a prophet named Elijah. You may remember that he went to Mount Horeb ...

For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page, which includes Villegas's current Living by the Word column as well as past magazine and blog content. For full ...

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