John Foley, SJ
The prophet, frightened, exhausted and dispirited—especially when he came back to find the Israelites themselves being unfaithful to the only true God—became depressed, in spite of his great triumph.
Ron Rolheiser
Few things speak as wonderfully about life as does the smell of fresh bread. The fragrance of fresh bread is the smell of life itself! Yet there is another story to bread.
Eleonore Stump
You don’t have to engage in murder or theft or adultery to grieve God. As the Second Reading implies, you can grieve God just by reviling another person. You revile a person when you say bad things about him, to his face or behind his back, just for the sake of putting him down.
Gerald Darring
When Jesus talks about the bread that he is giving, he compares it to manna, which performed a role similar to Elijah’s food: it enabled a journey to take place (out of the desert and into the promised land).
Anne Osdieck
God sent help to Elijah in the form of an angel. What kind of help do you think God would send today? Name some ways you can be the “hearth cake” for a person in a desperate condition.