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A Set of Five Tapes
Opening the Door
Liberating the Heart
Claiming Our Wildness
Deepeining Our Awareness
Becoming Generative
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The Liberated Heart
Thomas Merton writes that when we find our true self we find God and when we find God we find our true self. This finding is a life-long process of authentic personal transformation that leads always to greater compassion and connection with the world beyond self. We are each called to be in the process of personal transformation, yet becoming our true selves is no easy process. We get caught in busyness and non-awareness. We stumble over our doubts and get lost in our confusions. As we seek to be spiritually liberated we meet up with our own weaknesses, difficulties and unexpected turns on the road. What do we do with these barriers and bumps on the path? How do we embrace our gifts? What do we need in order to have a healthy and helpful approach to spiritual freedom? Joyce Rupp explores the hindrances and the gifts on the journey of becoming spiritually free. She provides both theory and practical suggestions from a variety of spiritual traditions to explore the process of becoming a more liberated and whole human being.
These tapes were recorded during the five session given by Joyce Rupp at the National Retreat Movement Conference (NRM) held in Liverpool, England in January 2003. This conference is an annual event for those in spiritual direction and retreat ministry in England, Scotland and Wales. While it is sponsored by the Catholic Retreat Movement, the conference is ecumenical and open to all.
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An Audiobook
Read by Laura Sullivan
ISBN 0-86716-528-6
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Your Sorrow Is My Sorrow
Hope and Strength in Times of Suffering
Joyce Rupp
An audiobook read by Laura Sullivan
"Everyone can find their struggles and sadness hidden in the folds of Mary's robe of sorrows," says Rupp. Using the seven sorrows of Mary as a format in this audiobook, she guides the listener to journey with Mary in the various events in her life. Rupp uses the sorrows to examine many tribulations, such as being a refugee, losing a child, illness, pain, grief or coping with death. Through her creative words, she provides an oasis of strength and wisdom in what we find most demanding or tragic. "You must trust that the enduring courage you need will be there for you. I understand your difficult situation. Your sorrow is my sorrow. You are not alone."
The book is a blessing in allowing us to examine Mary's sorrows, to see how her faith allowed her to keep going during the most difficult of times and to see how Jesus gave her the strength to endure. In this, it offers a template for our own lives.
Beautiful prayers grace the end of each sorrow and every chapter concludes with ideas for personal reflection and/or group discussion drawing us to healing and deep peace.
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Side one/ 33 min.
Side two/ 29 min.
Or: Talk: 62 min.
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The Journey to Inner Freedom
With both words and music Joyce Rupp invites us to become spiritually free. She defines inner freedom as a process of personal transformation in which we find the true self -- no easy process. Discover both theory and practical suggestions in a talk that dares to ask, "Are we weak enough to enter heaven?"
Rupp draws on many spiritual masters and her own life experience. She quotes Thomas Merton: "When we find the true self we find God. When we find God, we find the true self." She encourages us to face each day by yielding, surrendering, accepting and discerning so that we do not strive for perfection but rather embrace the true self within us. As we discover the beauty of our strengths and through our weaknesses greater compassion for others, we become more liberated. By becoming aware of what is happening within us we develop the courage to face life.
"Go Wild," from The Art of Resilience by Carol Orsborn, copyright 1997 by Carol Orsborn. Used by permission of Three Rivers Press, a division of Random House, Inc. The musical pieces Spirit, Come Into My Life and Liberate My Heart are a creation of Joyce Rupp, all rights reserved. Published with permission from the 2002 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress.
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$9.95
UPC # 632737883314
Side one / 31 min.
Side two / 31 min.
Talk 63 min.
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The Cosmic Dance
Seeing the Sacred in All of Life
Joyce Rupp invites us to deepen our relationship with all of creation. She encourages us to develop our compassion by deepening our communion with all that lives, including rocks! Through poetry, story, Scripture and even dance, she skillfully draws us to listen inwardly and acquire a deeper appreciation of these sacred dimensions.
Rupp compares the beauty of the dance of life within our complex cells to the world around us and beyond, including all imaginable galaxies stretching to infinity. As we realize how deeply we participate in the stream of life she confirms: "We are truly made of stardust. We breathe the air that circles the globe and can never be isolated. Each of us is part of the dancing energy that dwells in every living thing."
As we reach out, we can befriend the stranger, examine more closely an extraordinary created thing or simply appreciate the beauty and spender in the world around us or within us. All is related and interdependent.
The musical piece Our Dancing is a creation of Joyce Rupp, all rights reserved. Published with permission from the 2002 Los Angeles Religious Education Congress. "Night Visitors" from The Cosmic Dance: An Invitation to Experience Our Oneness by Joyce Rupp with art by Mary Southard. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books. Copyright © 2002 by Joyce Rupp. The Other Way to Listen by Bird Baylor and Peter Parnell. Copyright © 1997 by Byrd Baylor.
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