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Saint Elijah, the Prophet - July 20 POPE BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St. Peter's Square Wednesday, 15 June 2011 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The prophets, with their teaching and their preaching, had …More
Saint Elijah, the Prophet - July 20
POPE BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE
St. Peter's Square Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Dear Brothers and Sisters,

The prophets, with their teaching and their preaching, had great importance in the religious history of ancient Israel. Among them the figure of Elijah stands out, impelled by God to bring the people to conversion. His name means “the Lord is my God”, and his life develops in accordance with this name, entirely dedicated to kindling in the people gratitude to the Lord as the one God.
The Book of Sirach [Ecclesiastes] says of Elijah: “then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch” (Sir 48:1). With this flame Israel found its way back to God. In his ministry Elijah prayed; he called upon the Lord to restore to life the son of a widow who had given him hospitality (cf. 1 Kings 17:17-24), he cried out to God in his weariness and anguish while fleeing to the desert, for Queen Jezabel sought to kill him (cf. 1 Kings 19:1-4…More
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✍️ Saints of the Day: saint-apollinaris-of-ravenna/ (Optional Memorial)
elijah-the-prophet/
Akhtyrskaya Icon of the Mother of God
Our Lady of Zocueca
blessed-anne-cartier/
saint-ansegisus/
saint-aurelius-of-carthage/
saint-bernward-of-hildesheim/
catholicsaints.info/saint-cassian-of-saint-saba/
catholicsaints.info/saint-chi-zhuze/
catholicsaints.info/saint-elswith/
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✍️ Saints of the Day: saint-apollinaris-of-ravenna/ (Optional Memorial)
elijah-the-prophet/
Akhtyrskaya Icon of the Mother of God
Our Lady of Zocueca
blessed-anne-cartier/
saint-ansegisus/
saint-aurelius-of-carthage/
saint-bernward-of-hildesheim/
catholicsaints.info/saint-cassian-of-saint-saba/
catholicsaints.info/saint-chi-zhuze/
catholicsaints.info/saint-elswith/
catholicsaints.info/saint-frumentius-of-ethiopia/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-gregorio-lopez/
catholicsaints.info/saint-jose-maria-diaz-sanjurjo/
catholicsaints.info/saint-joseph-barsabas/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-luigi-novarese/
catholicsaints.info/saint-margaret-of-antioch/
catholicsaints.info/saint-maria-fu-guilin/
catholicsaints.info/saint-mere/
catholicsaints.info/saint-paphnutius-of-skete/
catholicsaints.info/saint-paul-of-saint-zoilus/
catholicsaints.info/saint-rorice-of-limoges/
catholicsaints.info/saint-severa-of-oehren/
catholicsaints.info/saint-severa-of-saint-gemma/
catholicsaints.info/saint-wulmar/

catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-corinth-20-july/ – 22 catholicsaints.info/saints/
catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-damascus-20-july/ – 16 catholicsaints.info/saints/
catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-seoul-20-july/ – 8 catholicsaints.info/saints/
catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-zhaojia/ – 3 catholicsaints.info/saints/
catholicsaints.info/martyrs-of-zhujiahe/ – 4 catholicsaints.info/saints/
Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
catholicsaints.info/blessed-abraham…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-antoni-bosch-verdura/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-francis…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-jacinto-garcia-riesco/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-joan-pafila-monllao/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-josep-tristany-pujol/
catholicsaints.info/blessed-manuel-…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-rita-jo…
catholicsaints.info/blessed-vicente-lopez-y-lopez/

Arnold Vessem
Elias of Jerusalem
Elias Tsjavtsjavadse
Flavian II of Antioch
Folmer of Alslev
Gepa of Füssenich
Maria Zhou Wuzhi