{"product_id":"communion-of-saints-poems-9781612618586","title":"Communion of Saints: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExcerpted in \u003cem\u003eImage Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e - No. 90\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This collection of poems explores the saints of the church's history and contemporary persons who embody something of their charism. Three sections are arranged around the themes of the three \"theological virtues\" faith, portrayed as a source of strength in times of trial; hope, the darkest in the book, dealing with matters of the body's frailty, illness, social discrimination, and the search for a way to live within the constraints of society; and love, offering a panoply of outward-looking characters who give to others in radical or personal ways. The volume ends with a cycle of Franciscan poems that offer a model for the Christian life, not simply in terms of individual moments but also as a complete life-cycle of practice and prayer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCommunion of Saints \u003c\/em\u003erepresents an unlikely achievement: deeply spiritual and delicate poems that speak directly to our modern moment.\u003cbr\u003e --Yehoshua November, author of \u003cem\u003eGod's Optimism\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Miller\u003c\/b\u003e received her MFA in Poetry from NYU in 2001. She has twice won Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prizes for poetry, and has been published in \u003ci\u003eImage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Commonweal\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Sewanee Theological Review. \u003c\/i\u003eShe teaches poetry and creative writing at Rutgers University and lives with her husband and daughter in Brooklyn, NY.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paraclete Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474254270738,"sku":"9781612618586","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_687770f3-f3c5-4830-ad28-2f60a7126af7.jpg?v=1730215693","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/communion-of-saints-poems-9781612618586","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}