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? demonstrates Nouwen's familiar method of spiritual elucidation: simple language and imagery revealing profound truth, personal experience breathing fresh life into the gospel story. As the last book that Nouwen lived to see released, it fittingly ties together both ends of his life: the events that led him into the priesthood in the Roman Catholic Church and his vocation's culmination in working with mentally disabled adults. Glimpses of family life in Holland mix with his newfound family life in the L'Arche community in Toronto called Daybreak. Henri's daily celebration of the Eucharist led him from "the precious golden chalice that could only be touched and used by an ordained priest" to "large glass cups in which the wine can be seen and from which many can drink."