Can You Drink the Cup? by Henri J M Nouwen

Can You Drink the Cup? by Henri J M Nouwen

Can you drink the cup.? Jesus asked this question of his friends James and John (Matthew 20:20-23). It is this question, explains our spiritual guide Henri Nouwen, that has the power to crack open the hardened heart and lay bare the tendons of the spiritual life.

Nouwen uses the cup as a metaphor to articulate the basic postures of the spiritual life: holding, lifting and drinking.

The cup is a powerful image in our human experience. We use cups in our celebrations of a variety of events. Nouwen reminds us that we also use the cup as a symbolic vessel--for sorrow, joy, blessings, salvation. Drinking our cup to the bottom is seen as the expression of the full freedom of the sons and daughters of God, Nouwen writes. His goal is to make the question Jesus posed to James and John pierce our hearts so that a personal answer can emerge from it.

The way we answer Jesus' question, Can you drink the cup.? has the power to radically change our lives.

HENRI NOUWEN was a Dutch-born Catholic priest, lecturer, and pastor who wrote over 30 works on spirituality, including classics like The Wounded Healer, The Inner Voice of Love, and The Return of the Prodigal Son. Nouwen's writings have been translated into over 30 languages and have sold over seven million copies throughout the world, resonating with individuals from all walks of life, religious, spiritual, cultural, and political. Since his death in 1996, his literary legacy has guided an expanding number of readers, writers, instructors, and searchers.

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ISBN 13	9780877935810
ISBN 10	0877935815
Title	Can You Drink the Cup?
Author	Henri J M Nouwen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ave Maria Press
Year published	1996-09-01
Number of pages	111
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