Blessed Among Us
Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses; Volume 2
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Liturgical Press
Publishing:15th Oct '25
£31.99
This title is due to be published on 15th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This companion volume to Robert Ellsberg’s bestselling resource Blessed Among Us offers even more reflections on the inspiring, if also eclectic, “cloud of witnesses.”
Since the early centuries, Christians have held up saintly people 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 over a full calendar year, Ellsberg sketches figures from biblical times to the present age and from all corners of the 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.
"Saints are the living Word of God, the Word made flesh, but their biographies are often too encrusted within sentimentality and piety to serve as an inspiration for us. Ellsberg gives us their essence in this treasure of a book. Nobody writes better about the lives of the saints than Robert Ellsberg!"
Ronald Rolheiser, OMI, author of The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire
"Robert Ellsberg is way up there in my pantheon of spiritual writers. He's especially good at connecting us with the divine spark in practitioners of every spiritual tradition. These very human stories of the holy ones among us have a special knack of enlivening my spirit."
Helen Prejean, CSJ, author of Dead Man Walking
"The diversity of these holy men and women calls out my own gifts, and their total dedication alerts me to put my 'yes' into motion for the day. Thank you for being a companion and inspiration for my faith journey!"
Carolyn Woo, former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services
"This delightful book reminds us how blessed we are, in every age, to have people of good faith who are called to love and serve people in need. They call us all to a greater purpose."
Kathleen Norris, author of The Cloister Walk and Acedia and Me
"Every single day I read Robert Ellsberg's concise, fascinating, and inspiring lives of the saints in my copy of Give Us This Day. And every single day I am amazed by the astounding lives that have been lived out of love for Christ. Happily, many of these wonderful stories are now gathered together in this marvelous new book, which will guide you through the year with the help of these patrons and companions."
James Martin, SJ, author of Jesus: A Pilgrimage and Learning to Pray
"A surprising, profoundly inspiring book. Ellsberg has an eye for the telling detail; each vignette, able to be read in a minute, witnesses to a unique life ‘among us.’ The attractive cast of characters is vast, ranging across centuries and geography, nationality, and work, from the usual good bishops, martyrs, and religious order founders to poets, artists, TV personalities, advocates for justice and freedom, lovers of the Earth, those who risked political danger, or saw new opportunities to help. The creative expression of goodness wonderfully expands one’s own imagination about the possibilities for a holy life."
Elizabeth Johnson, distinguished professor emerita of theology, Fordham University
ISBN: 9798400801709
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 44mm
Weight: 907g
792 pages