Monday, September 12, 2016

Blessed Among Us: Blessed Pauline

If you are familiar with Give Us This Day, a monthly publication with daily prayers and readings, then you are familiar with the work of Robert Ellsberg, who has provided the daily  "Blessed Among Us" feature in that publication for the past five years.  In these daily inspirational excerpts, we read about the lives of those who are included in the official canon of saints and others who are also among the "great cloud of witnesses."

Last month, Liturgical Press released a compilation of Ellsberg's daily reflections.  Appropriately titled, Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses, this book provides biographies of  two "saintly witnesses" per day.  What a great way to direct our lives toward acting justly, loving tenderly and walking humbly with God!

Especially noteworthy to the Sisters of Christian Charity and those familiar with the community is April 29, where a brief biographical sketch of Pauline von Mallinckrodt is included.  How appropriate that this book includes the Founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity during the year in which we prepare to celebrate her 200th birthday.  It is wonderful that Mother Pauline will be more widely known through this publication.  Thank you, Robert Ellsberg and Liturgical Press!

Blessed Pauline, we pray to you:  Lead us to God!


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