Dorothy Day

Robert Ellsberg

Winner of the Christopher Award, this collection highlights the work and vision of a challenging and inspiring religious figure of recent history -- a woman whose tireless efforts to live Christ's gospel among the poor gave her unparalleled insights into the meaning of the over-used term "social justice". Jim Forest There is no better introduction to (the writings of) Dorothy Day or any book that better reflects the wide borders of her interests, the depth of her soul, and her skill as a writer.

By Little and by Little

Dorothy Day, Selected Writings

The author of the bestselling All Saints offers a new book that focuses on female saints, presenting 120 inspirational readings from and twenty pieces of black-and-white art highlighting female women of God.

Women Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time

Blessed Among All Women

The author of All Saints draws on the lives and wisdom of the saints to explain how readers can find true happiness in terms of personal growth, career success, fitness, and more, presenting a series of lessons in the life of the spirit that cover such topics as friendship, meaningful work, enduring love, grief, and understanding the significance of life. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Practical Lessons in the Life of the Spirit

The Saints' Guide to Happiness

Provides a biographical portrait of 365 saints and religious people, from the Virgin Mary to Martin Buber

Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time

All Saints

From the best-selling author of The Saints’ Guide To Happiness comes this new collection of devotional meditations, which reaches beyond the official saints to recall the lives of women throughout history whose faithfulness, selflessness and struggles speak to the needs of our time. Here, martyrs, missionaries and reformers share their unforgettable stories and draw us deeper into the mystery of the Beatitudes – sanctity, the struggle for justice, poverty of spirit, and merciful love. Blessed Among All Women includes reflections on St Mary Magdalene, Bd Mother Teresa, Dorothy Day, Emily Dickenson, Anne Frank and many others who offer a unique glimpse of real women who struggled with their own flaws and foibles but nonetheless lived lives of action, conviction, and holiness.

“What is happiness and how can I find it?” may be one of the most frequently asked questions there is. Perhaps that’s because it is so hard to experience lasting happiness. In The Saints’ Guide to Happiness, Robert Ellsberg suggests that some of the best people to show us are holy men and women throughout history—from St. Augustine to Flannery O’Connor, Thomas Merton to St. Theresa of Avila and Mother Theresa. These people weren’t saints because of the way they died or their visions or wondrous deeds. They were saints because of their extraordinary capacity for goodness and love, which—in the end—makes us happy.

Since the early centuries, Christians have held up the saints as models of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the church officially recognizes a relatively small number of saints, the actual roster is infinitely wider. Blessed Among Us explores this eclectic “cloud of witnesses”—lay and religious, single and married, canonized and not, and even non-Christians whose faith and wisdom may illuminate our path. Brought to life in the evocative storytelling of Robert Ellsberg, they inspire the moral imagination and give witness to the myriad ways of holiness. In two stories per day for a full calendar year, Ellsberg sketches figures from biblical times to the present age and from all corners of this world—ordinary figures whose extraordinary lives point to the new age in the world to come. Blessed Among Us is drawn from Ellsberg’s acclaimed column of the same name in Give Us This Day, a monthly resource for daily prayer published by Liturgical Press.

Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses

Blessed Among Us

In The Franciscan Saints, spiritual trailblazers span the centuries from Francis and Clare to Solanus Casey and Mychal Judge, with representatives from every walk of life and corner of the world. Each entry features the essential biographical facts and adds the insight and depth only Ellsberg can provide. The author's sharp eye for signs and stories of holiness in the gritty, messy real world informs his selections, making his work unique.

The Franciscan Saints

"Through biographical reflections and selected writings, this anthology highlights the essential teachings of a dozen modern spiritual masters, each of whom embodied a form of engaged spirituality - attuned both to God and the needs of a wounded world. Each opposed a style of spirituality focused entirely on the inner life, while at the same lime stressing the importance of prayer and silence as the foundation for service and activism. Balancing contemplation and compassion, these figures - including some of the world's best-known spiritual writers - represent a model of spirituality sensitive to tradition as well as the challenges of our time."--BOOK JACKET.

Writings on Contemplation and Compassion

Modern Spiritual Masters

Carlo Carretto

Through his best-selling"Letters from the Desert" and more than a dozen other books, Carretto presented an ascetic, yet joy-filled spirituality that called to mind the spirit of his favorite saint, Francis of Assisi. Especially appealing to lay people, he showed that it was possible to live a contemplative life in the midst of the world. This selection from over a dozen books covers the spirituality of the desert, Carretto's reflections on God, the church, prayer, engagement with the world, and the mystery of suffering and death.

Robert Ellsberg

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