{"product_id":"blessed-among-us","title":"Blessed Among Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis companion volume to Robert Ellsberg’s bestselling resource \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlessed Among Us \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eoffers even more reflections on the inspiring, if also eclectic, “cloud of witnesses.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSince 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. \u003ci\u003eBlessed Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eBlessed Among Us\u003c\/i\u003e is drawn from Ellsberg’s acclaimed column of the same name in \u003ci\u003eGive Us ­This Day\u003c\/i\u003e, a monthly resource for daily prayer published by Liturgical Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57191093404030,"sku":"NW9798400801709","price":24.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9798400801709.jpg?v=1778568087","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/blessed-among-us","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}