Article 1 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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After Elijah had learned mercy during his retreat at the Wadi Cherith, he
teaches the widow of Zarephath to believe in the Word of God and confirms her
faith by his urgent prayer: God brings the widow’s child back to
life.³³ The sacrifice on Mount Carmel is a decisive test for the faith
of the People of God. In response to Elijah’s plea, “Answer me, O LORD,
answer me,” the Lord’s fire consumes the holocaust, at the time of the
evening oblation. the Eastern liturgies repeat Elijah’s plea in the Eucharistic
epiclesis.
Finally, taking the desert road that leads to the place where the living and
true God reveals himself to his people, Elijah, like Moses before him, hides
“in a cleft of he rock” until the mysterious presence of God has
passed by.³⁴ But only on the mountain of the Transfiguration will Moses
and Elijah behold the unveiled face of him whom they sought; “the light of
the knowledge of the glory of God [shines] in the face of Christ,”
crucified and risen.³⁵