The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth [Paperback]

Joyce Rupp (Author), Jane Pitz (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

Anyone thirsting for a more intimate and disciplined life of prayer will find a rich wellspring in The Cup of Our Life. In this original and practical book Joyce Rupp shares how ordinary cups can become sacred vessels that draw us closer to God.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Ave Maria Pr; 5th edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877936250
• ISBN-13: 978-0877936251
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Other Practices > Ritual
  • #32 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Meditations
  • #42 in Books > Religion & Spirituality > Spirituality > Prayer

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55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Invitation to Deeper Intimacy With God, April 27, 2000

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MElisabeth Bergeron - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth (Paperback)

In The Cup of Our Life, Joyce Rupp, OSM, offers practical suggestions and meaningful content to aide the spiritual pilgrim in developing a deeper and more intimate relationship with God. Once again, she draws on her own lived experience in offering insight, prayer practices, and meditations that will help the reader connect the routine of her/his life to a growing communion with a loving God.

Organized on a daily basis, Rupp's book encourages the reader to use an ordinary cup (or mug) to invite God more closely into one's pain, suffering, joys, hopes and struggles. She explores six major themes in the spiritual life, each one followed by prayer suggestions including litanies, creative writing, ideas for reflection and journal-keeping, and a celebratory ritual. Throughout, the author manifests a profound trust in the transformative power of the in-dwelling God, and in the dailiness of God's presence with all those who seek with a genuine heart.

Rupp's style is informal, accessible, poetic and, at times, profoundly moving. She is a fine writer and spiritual guide, sharing her experiential insights with great freedom, clarity and lyric simplicity. This is a book I have returned to more than once for its prayerful sensitivity, poetic language and wisdom. I recommend it highly.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SIMPLY WONDERFUL!, July 26, 2002

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Marion "[e-mail]" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth (Paperback)

This is one of the most satisfying, uplifting, and encouraging devotion books I've read in many years. It's thought-provoking without being 'preachy'. I love the way the chapters are set up and the quotes included in each chapter are awesome.

And we can all relate to the cup as a metaphor for our lives...whether empty, full, overflowing or even cracked! I highly recommend this book if you're looking for a devotion book that really relates to everyday life.....you won't be disappointed.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spending time with this book is a gift to your soul., December 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Cup of Our Life: A Guide for Spiritual Growth (Paperback)

I have been following Joyce Rupp for 6 years now. I was grieving a great loss when I stumbled upon "Praying Our Goodbyes". Since then, I have obtained all of her books. I feel that anytime I can read her books is just a blessing. I feel that The Cup Of Our Life slowly opens up our hearts to the treaures that lie within. I can't say enough about this book and the author.

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