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Saints have typically been figures from the distant past, canonized for miraculous lives of perfection and self-denial. Orbis editor-in-chief Ellsberg here redefines this stereotype in this diverse and substantial compendium of the lives of men and women, ancient and contemporary, who gave themselves completely to their vocations. Well-known saints, apostles, and martyrs take their place beside lesser-known figures (the woman with a flow of blood who touched Jesus' hem), theologians and philosophers (e.g., Martin Buber, Simone Weil, Kierkegaard), artists (Van Gogh, Mozart, J.S. Bach), literary figures (Dante, Tolstoy), social reformers (Gandhi, Schweitzer), and numerous others who do not fit into neat categories. A different figure is introduced for each day of the year to coincide with feast days or birth/death dates, and helpful biographical sources are provided. --Library Journal
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This praised and best-selling daily reader presents short, comprehensive biographies of 365 saints and spiritual masters from Christianity and other faith traditions, including Mary Magdalene, Therese of Lisieux, Thomas Aquinas, Mother Teresa, Moses, Martin Luther, and Gandhi.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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We are all called to be saints, regardless of the religion we profess. To serve God is to serve one another - there is no other way. Robert Ellsberg shows that there are as many roads to sainthood as there are people who love God. The people profiled here come from all faiths, ages, occupations, nations. Some are mystical, some mythical, some famous and others obscure, some are remarkable and others more ordinary. They are all, as are we, revelations of God's love and presence in our world, yesterday, today, and forever. This book is Ellsberg's gift for all of us looking to serve God in our day to day lives; it's wonderful to read first thing in the morning if one is given to morning prayer. It could also hold the interest of those among us less interested in the formalities and dogmas of established religions and yet drawn to spirituality and advocacy in the world. Noteworthy are the icons by Robert Lentz - I wish they graced more than just the cover of the book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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All Saints is truly remarkable. While there are many traditional collections honoring Catholic saints, this is the first I have seen that is truly catholic (universal) in embracing many different traditions and the best of those traditions. Ellsburg's book reminds me that saints are made, not born. Each day I am presented with the story of some man or woman who struggled to grow in relationship with God and to live well in the world around him/her. Many advocates of social justice and modern "saints" (as modern as the 90s) are included here, which is wonderful to see. I have ordered many copies for family and friends! No one who knows the value of role models should be without one.
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This is a masterpiece and unique of its kind. William Blake? (August 12) Flannery O'Connor? (August 3) Mary, Mother of Jesus (January 1). There are 365 of them and the vignettes are thoroughly researched. Ellsberg writes like an angel. Cheez, where has this Ellsberg been all my life? This is a "vade-mecum" if there ever was one. I can't wait to see it every morning. In his Frontispiece, he quotes Thomas Merton (December 10), "There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun." Robert Ellsberg has sure got me looking.
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saints and sinners
As all the reviews in the book say, these daily reflections are so varied and diverse. This is a remarkable collection of people who followed their own call from God. Read more
Published 8 months ago by denisj
An eclectic collection of inspired lives.
This book does an admirable job of telling the inspired stories of a wide-variety of Catholic (e.g. Dorothy Day, Romero, etc.) and non-Catholic (e.g. Camus, Gandhi, etc. Read more
Published on 23 Nov 1998
An exciting collection for the contemporary reader!
Ellsberg has not only made wise choices, he has presented his saints, witnesses and modern day prophets in a concise readable format. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 1998
Combines the best of the traditional with the new
When you hear lives of the saints you think of the gruesome martyrdom and hard to believe virtues of the stories of the little red book from your youth. Read more
Published on 30 April 1998
Innovative, inspiring guide to saintly lives
While one could fill a bookcase with one-volume guides to the saints, this new publication both takes a refreshing, innovative approach in its choice of spiritual models and sets... Read more
Published on 15 April 1998
Finally, a collection of saints as inclusive as God
I have always been attracted to books of "lives of the saints" but have always been disappointed by the author's "collection". Read more
Published on 7 Jan 1998
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