Prayers to Sophia

Now in a beautiful new companion book, Joyce courageously offers fifty prayers from her personal journal. Rather than presenting an intellectual study or theological debate on the subject of Sophia, her words share a relationship with Sophia that is steeped in life experience and enriched with poetic metaphor. The added touches of quotations from the Wisdom literature, questions for personal reflection, and suggestions for journaling combine to gently nudge seekers toward the discovery of new riches on their spiritual journey.

JOYCE RUPP is a member of the Servite (Servants of Mary) community and the author of ten books, including THE STAR IN MY HEART (Innisfree Press), YOUR SORROW IS MY SORROW (Crossroad Publishing), THE CUP OF OUR LIFE (Ave Maria Press), PRAYING OUR GOODBYES (Ave Maria Press) and MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE? (Ave Maria Press). As a frequent conference and retreat speaker, she travels throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, Africa, New Zealand, Asia, and Europe.

Her work has included teaching elementary school for five years, serving as an associate vocation director for the Omaha Archdiocese, a vocation director for the Servants of Mary, a resource person for adult religious education in rural Iowa, and a member of the Adult Education staff at St. Joseph Education Center in Des Moines, Iowa, where she currently resides.

Joyce received her B.A. from Duchesne College in Omaha, a Masters in Religious Education from St. Thomas University in Houston, as well as a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto. She has also completed additional studies in spirituality at Creighton University and Notre Dame University, and has been published in various periodicals, including St. Anthony Messenger, Alive Now, Praying, and the National Catholic Reporter.