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Dorothy Day

Orbis Books, 1992

Dorothy Day in her own words
Dorothy Day's life and writings challenge Christians to remember and serve the least among us. This selection of writings highlights a broad range of social, political and religious topics. In her time, Ms. Day's activism brought about much criticism and opposition. Today many remember her as America's Mother Teresa. Her purpose was to keep the Gospel alive through the challenge of service. Her ...

Flannery O'Connor: Spiritual Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series.)

2 reviews
Robert Ellsberg, Richard Giannone

Orbis Books, 2003

A Treasure Trove of Flannery
Robert Ellsberg has come through again. He provides us with a marvelous review of the spiritual writings of Flannery O'Connor, most famous for her short stories but neglected, up until now, for her deep analyses of the Catholic faith and salvation. Ellsberg selects the best from the voluminous collection of her letters, "The Habit of Being," and arranges them for accessibility and understanding ...

The Saints' Guide to Happiness: Practical Lessons in the Life of the Spirit

1 review
Robert Ellsberg

Image, 2005

more than meets the eye!
Ellsberg delivers much more than the title would suggest. Not just another 'happiness is' book, it is a profound though understandable description of holiness as lived by many saints but available to any modern seeker. One meets many saints - some well-known, some not - learns something about their lives in a very human way, then gleans some wisdom useful in the 21st century. The sub-title, ...

Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)

10 reviews
Thich Nhat Hanh

Orbis Books, 2001

This volume has it all
If you want to own one concise volume of Thich Nhat Hanh, this is it. It pulls together lessons from many of his earlier writings, and like the title says, his most essential writings are within these pages.

Modern Spiritual Masters: Writings on Contemplation and Compassion (Modern Spiritual Masters)

1 review

Orbis Books, 2008

"I will give you a talisman..."
In the Introduction to his Modern Spiritual Masters: Writings on Contemplation and Compassion, Robert Ellsberg reminds us that there's no set formula for the cultivation of the spirit and that we should resist "the temptation to identify the gospel with sound doctrine, codes of behavior, liturgical rubrics, and ritual purity" (p. 2). But this doesn't mean that we can't be instructed and ...

Charles De Foucauld: Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters Series)

2 reviews
Charles De Foucauld

Orbis Books, 1999

Splendid and dynamic
This is a most marvellous book by Ellsberg which explores the spirituality of father de Foucauld in a simple and easily understandable way.The preface is well researched and clearly written giving a solid base with which to enter the concepts that De Foucauld explores in his writings.A book to encourage the christian to form a more profound relationship with the Lord

The Duty of Delight: The Diaries of Dorothy Day

3 reviews

Marquette Univ Pr, 2008

"The consciousness of salvation comes to me afresh each day. I am turned around..." *
There are few people who have done more to keep Dorothy Day's words before the public than Robert Ellsberg. As both editor of her writings (By Little and By Little, 1983; Dorothy Day: Selected Writings, 1992; A Penny a Copy, 1995) and publisher (Orbis) of books by and about her, Ellsberg continues to remind us of Dorothy's vision of a Christianity that is orthodox in theology and radical (in ...

The Saints' Guide to Happiness

5 reviews
Robert Ellsberg

North Point Press, 2003

A Book Destined To Become A Spiritual Classic
Robert Ellsberg's ALL SAINTS was well received by many Catholic readers and deservedly so. The biographies found in the first book are well researched and his selection of famous and not so famous Christians (and in a few cases non-Christians) is interesting. Ellsberg once again turns to the well known figures in Christian history in his newest work THE SAINTS' GUIDE TO HAPPINESS. In Billy ...

Blessed Among All Women: Women Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time

4 reviews
Robert Ellsberg

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2007

Holy women, prophetic women, REAL women
If you're like me, your childhood was saturated by mawkish tales of holier-than-life saints who were always going around suffering martyrdom with eyes piously turned heavenward. The sheer unreality of such stories inhibited me from taking saints seriously until Robert Ellsberg's 1997 book _All Saints_ awakened me to the fact that saints, both "official" and "unofficial," are ordinary people who ...

All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets & Witnesses for Our Time

39 reviews
Robert Ellsberg

Crossroad Classic, 1997

You: Get this Book. It's Great.
*Everyone* should read Robert Ellsberg's "All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time." That's right, I mean *everyone*. Everyone on the planet. All six billion of you. Normally I would never say that in a book review. Some audiences prefer thrillers, some like mysteries, some, romances. No matter who you are, though, no matter where you live, what language ...

By Little and by Little: The Selected Writings of Dorothy Day

1 review

Alfred A. Knopf, 1983

A call to radical Christianity
A collection of Day's writing, it's a fascinating read, and one would hope a call to conversion for those who fail to see Christ in all around them, especially in the poor. Remember, we are told not to judge and to give freely to all who ask. Think about that the next time you're approached by a panhandler.

Todos los Santos: Reflexiones Diarias Sobre Santos, Profetas y Testigos de Nuestro Tiempo
Robert Ellsberg

The Crossroad Publishing Company, 2001

The Spanish version of the praised and best-selling daily reader All Saints 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.

Works Of Mercy
Fritz Eichenberg, Robert Ellsberg

Orbis Books, 2004

A Penny a Copy: Readings from the Catholic Worker

1 review
Thomas C. Cornell, Robert Ellsberg

Orbis Books, 1995

A Life Changing Experience
Born in 1951, I was a child of the JFK generation. The Peace Corps, the growing Asian war, the idealism of a few good politicians, protests in the streets greatly influenced my upbringing. All of this was a jumble until I met Dorothy Day and then read A PENNY A COPY. My encounter with Miss Day was very brief, but I do remember the intensity of her eyes. And that intensity flowed into her ...

Carlo Carretto: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters)

Orbis Books, 2007

La Guia de los Santos para ser Feliz
Robert Ellsberg

Sudamericana, 2007

Un original ensayo de autoayuda, encarado desde los santos de todas las épocas y enfocado en la vida actual. En lo más profundo del corazón de toda persona hay un anhelo de felicidad. Podemos buscarla por diferentes vías y bajo diferentes formas, a menudo ilusorias, pero el fin es el mismo. Es el motivo por el cual la gente se casa y por el que algunos se divorcian, por qué algunas personas se van de viaje, o se compran un número de lotería ...

Gandhi on Christianity

1 review

Orbis Books, 1991

A Contribution to Religious Tolerance and Peace
Mahatma Gandhi has answers to many of the problems faced by our modern world, going through insurmountable issues of religious intolerance. "I believe in Sarvadharamsamanvatva 'having equal regard for all faiths and creeds'," Gandhi said, professing all religions to be true. He wrote, "Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bring them together. It is a ...

Hearts on Fire: The Story of the Maryknoll Sisters
Penny Lernoux, Arthur Jones, ...

Orbis Books, 1995

Carlo Carretto: Selected Writings
Carlo Carretto

Orbis Books, 1994

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