In the autobiographical material i found it easiest to understand what drinking the cup means for my own life. The intimacy between jesus and abba, his father, is an intimacy of complete trust, in which there are no power games, no mutually agreed upon promises, no advance guarantees. But drink imbibe, ingest, take into you so that it becomes a piece of your inmost self. This brief volume is organized around the images of holding, lifting, and drinking the cup of our lives. The last book published before nouwens death in 1996, can you drink the cup. Many of his 30 books and various articles were addressed to pastors, and he was a frequent speaker at pastoral gatherings. It is an effort to put our phones away and pay attention.
Exploring the deep spiritual impact of the question jesus asked his friends james and john, nouwen reflects upon the metaphor of the cup, using the images of holding, lifting, and drinking to articulate the basics of the spiritual life. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In what ways does the metaphor of the cup of life resonate for you. Readers will recognize in the title the question in the gospel story, put by jesus to the sons of zebedee. Jesus drinks the cup of gods wrath, a cup that has accumulated the fury of god against sins of all types. Nouwen focuses on the cup as the centerpiece around which he builds a reflection appealing in its simplicity and delightful in its symmetry. By going to the cross, he will drink the cup of gods wrath, all the way to. Can you drink the cup i drink or be baptized with the baptism i am baptized with. Drinking the cup that jesus drank is living a life in and with the spirit of jesus, which is the spirit of unconditional love. May you, gentle reader, find the strength you need to drink your own cup of life, whatever it may hold. This is the same cup that jesus drank the cup of simultaneous sorrow and joy. It speaks of raising the cup which is celebrating life in all of its many joys and sorrows.
If you want to learn more about the deepest parts of you, if you want to face the questions of how to deal with pain, suffering, the unexpected that life brings this book is for you. Being fully present is in danger of being fully extinct. Can you are you able to drink the cup c symbolizing suffering, and perhaps gods judgment experienced by jesus on the cross. Nouwen reminds us that we also use the cup as a symbolic vessel for. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
Merritt recommended number of meetings for this book. Exploring the deep spiritual impact of the question jesus asked his friends james and john, nouwen reflects upon the metaphor of the cup, using the images of holding, lifting, and drinking to. Best to reach us by email at email protected or call 18003456296. Never has that wise priests little book been more timely. What is the cup that jesus wants his father to take away. Spirituality in this little book, written during the first few months of his sabbatical year, henri nouwen presents us with a huge challenge. Apr 07, 2014 the disciples will drink a cup, too a cup of suffering matthew 20. It took me a long time to be willing to look at the cup of my own life. Can you drink of the cup, of the cup of your own life. I highly recommend this book to everyone in search of purpose of life and the destiny we all have.
So far in regards to the ebook we now have can you drink the cup. Nouwen says, i want to tell the story of the cup, not just as my story, but as the story of life p. You do not know what you are asking, jesus replied. I hope and pray that this little book will help you to do so as it has helped me. We use cups in our celebrations of a variety of events. Such a great book on holding the cup of life been given to us by god, lifting that cup, and drinking from that cup. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Nouwen, 9781594710995, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The cup is a powerful image in our human experience. Jesus asked this question of his friends james and john matthew 20. Drinking our cup to the bottom is seen as the expression of the full freedom of the sons and daughters of god, nouwen writes. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Drink, not survey or analyze, ponder or scrutinize from a distance. Can you drink the cup by craig courtney octavo sheet. But it is a poor tribute if dorothy parkers wit, or f.
These kinds of help can make all of us far more joined. But i have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed i am until it is accomplished. Nouwen reminds us that we also use the cup as a symbolic. Note that every pepper location is abiding by all federal, state, and local regulations regarding covid19, as well as cdc guidelines. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. He believes that this query has the power to crack open a hardened heart and bear the tendons of the spiritual life. The book that will make you never want to drink again. The disciples recklessly claimed that they could drink the cup. Nouwen reminds us that we also use the cup as a symbolic vesselfor sorrow, joy, blessings, salvation. The cup, a symbol used to celebrate a wide range of human. Looking at the cup which is reflecting on each experience that life brings. And not with cautious sips that barely moisten your lips, but with audacious. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. Though its message covers the calendar, this book was especially poignant for me around easter this year because of nouwens use of the suffering, sacrifice, and tenacious joy of jesus and his people to convey his message.
He believes that this query has the power to crack. The hectic pace of this life leaves little time for reflection. The request of james and john 37 they answered, grant that one of us may sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory. Oct 01, 2012 the last book published before henri nouwens death in 1996, can you drink the cup. He taught at the university of notre dame, as well as yale and harvard universities. 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. Your current suggestions to book can you drink the cup. Can you drink the cup i will drink, or be baptized with the baptism i will undergo. Many other old testament passages use the metaphor of the cup as a reference to gods fierce judgment. You have drunk the cup of terror, tipping out its last drops. Readers familiar with the gospels will recognise the question. For those who have the courage to make jesus question their own, can you drink the cup.
Can you drink the cup by craig courtney octavo sheet music. Early in our ministries most of us probably would have done the same, feeling ready for anything that life might offer. If youre looking to renew your faith, i recommend this book. Nouwen regrettably, at the moment we really do not have any info on the artist henri j. The book that will make you never want to drink again the.
When we really understand drinking of the cup, we can say with david. And not with cautious sips that barely moisten your lips, but with audacious drafts that spill down your chin and onto your chest. Nouwen focuses on the cup as the centerpiece around which he builds a. In this passage the mother of zebedees two sons, james and john, comes to jesus to request that her sons be given seats at the left and right of jesus when he comes into his kingdom. Thus, when jesus prays about avoiding the cup, he is alluding to these images from the scriptures. Reflecting upon the metaphor of the cup, nouwen uses the images of holding, lifting, and drinking to articulate the basics of the spiritual life. Nouwen reflects upon the question which jesus asked his friends james and john. Henri nouwen begins this deeply personal book with the story of his early vocation to the. Nouwen uses the cup as a metaphor to articulate the basic postures of the spiritual life. Taking the communion cup as the image and even drinking coffee, tea, or wine with friends, nouwen likens the cup to our life, with all the sorrows and joys we experience and guides us to drink to the bottom, fulfilling the. In the autobiographical material i found it easiest to. The last book published before henri nouwens death in 1996, can you drink the cup. If you want to learn more about the deepest parts of you, if you want to face the questions of how to deal with pain, suffering, the unexpected that life brings this book is. From 1986 until his death in september, 1996, he was pastor of the larche daybreak community in toronto where he shared his life with people with mental.
The cup filled with sorrow and joy, when lifted for others to see, can become the cup of life. I started looking through the four gospels, paying attention to the questions jesus asked his disciples. The last book published by henri nouwen before his untimely death in 1996, can you drink the cup. There is no other way that we can emphatically say yes to the cup of everlasting life. The cup that jesus drinks jesus said to them, the cup that i drink you will drink, and with the baptism with which i am baptized, you will be baptized, but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared vv.
The disciples will drink a cup, too a cup of suffering matthew 20. But jesuss cup of suffering is different from theirs because jesuss suffering is under gods anger. Can you drink the cup is a soulsearching and worthwhile, at times a confronting book to read. Henri nouwen says, drinking the cup of life is fully appropriating and internalizing our own unique existence, with all its sorrows and joys. Jul 10, 20 the book that will make you never want to drink again.
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