The Cup of Our Life: A Guide to Spiritual Growth

by Joyce Rupp

Overview

Joyce Rupp's bestselling contemporary classic has sold more than 200,000 copies. This new edition continues a fifteen-year tradition of helping individuals and groups pray.

Now with a new preface and fresh design, The Cup of Our Life is available to anyone seeking a more intimate and disciplined life of prayer. Joyce Rupp, the bestselling Catholic woman writer today, illustrates how the ordinary cups used each day can become sacred vessels that connect readers with life and bring them into closer union with the Divine. She explores how the cup is a rich symbol of life, with its emptiness and fullness, its brokenness and flaws, and its many blessings. With daily devotions for six weeks, this book is ideal for individual usage as well as group usage in parish settings, religious communities, and small Christian communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933495538
Publisher:	Ave Maria Press
Publication date:	04/30/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	586,790
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Joyce Rupp is well known for her work as a writer, retreat leader, and spiritual midwife. She serves as a consultant for the Boundless Compassion program. Rupp is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Praying Our Goodbyes, Open the Door, Return to the Root, Jesus, Friend of My Soul, and Jesus, Companion in My Suffering. Her award-winning books include Boundless Compassion, Fly While You Still Have Wings, and Anchors for the Soul. She is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Week I The Cup of Life 11

Week II The Open Cup 31

Week III The Chipped Cup 51

Week IV The Broken Cup 73

Week V The Cup of Compassion 95

Week VI The Blessing Cup 117

Group Gatherings 139

Music Resources 163

Bibliography 167