William Cleary

Author of The ABC's for UU Newcomers: A Brief Introduction to Unitarian Universalism

21 Works 255 Members 2 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Fr. William Cleary, CSSp, is an Irish Spiritan with different mission experiences in Ireland, Kenya, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. He wrote a history of the Catholic Church in The Gambia, Reaping a Rich Harvest, in preparation for the papal visit of 1992. As Director for Ethos in Irish show more Spiritan schools, he edited Spiritan Schools: Education for Transformation through Gospel Values (2015). He wrote Spiritan Life and Mission since Vatican II during his time as Spiritan Scholar in Residence, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. show less

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Works by William Cleary

My UU A B Cs: Info & Fun for Kids of All Ages and Coloring, too! (2003) 45 copies

Prayers To She Who Is (1995) 31 copies, 1 review

How the Wild Things Pray (1999) 15 copies

The Lively Garden Prayer Book: Prayers of Backyard Creation from A to Z (1997) 15 copies

Prayers to an Evolutionary God (2004) 14 copies

In God's Presence: Centering Experiences for Circles and Solitudes (1994) 14 copies

A Doubter's Prayer Book (1994) 13 copies

Praying Your Story: Making Sense of Your Life Through Fables, Prayers, and the Company of Saints (2002) 9 copies

Psalm Services for Group Prayer (1993) 7 copies

We Side with the Morning: Daily Prayers to the God of Hope (2009) 7 copies

Prayers and fables : meditating on Aesop's wisdom (1997) 6 copies

Psalm Services for Parish Meetings (1992) 6 copies

Hyphenated priests: the ministry of the future 5 copies

Selving: Linking Work to a Spirituality (2000) 5 copies

Lighten Your Heart: Healing Psalms of Bugs and Beasts (1995) 4 copies

Prayers For Lovers (1997) 3 copies, 1 review

In God's Presence: Centering Experiences for Circles and Solitudes 2 copies

Spiritan Life and Mission since Vatican II (2018) 1 copy

The Jesuit's Escape (2008) 1 copy

Centering Prayers: For Personal & Community Prayer 1 copy

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Other names: Cleary, William
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Prayers For Lovers by William Cleary

Cleary's contemporary prayers channel some of love's energy into illumination. They point to Love as the meaning of sexuality, and see sex as a context for contemplation. Sprinkled among the prayers are quotes from poets, mystics and romantics.
Prayers for Lovers is a beautiful gift for Valentine's Day, anniversaries or weddings, or any nice day at all.

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StFrancisofAssisi | Mar 11, 2023 |

Prayers To She Who Is by William Cleary

Took this out of the Interfaith Library today and leafed through it. It's based on the work and words of Sr. Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, whose book [b:She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse|171002|She Who Is The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse|Elizabeth A. Johnson|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328806646s/171002.jpg|165123] I read for my trinity course a few years ago.

The prayers tend towards the verbose and clunky to my ear, a bit reminiscent of the Blue Mountain Arts card style of poetry. But there are some beautiful images, and a broad array of themes strongly clustered around care for the poor, the oppressed, and the earth.

I did particularly like the versicle at the end of each prayer, which in line one, addressed God by a name from the prayer followed by three descriptive gerunds ending in freeing, and line two was always In you we live and move and have our being.

The line-drawing illustrations are a worthy complement to the prayers. I particularly liked the image of ruach, She-who-is blowing creation into being, and the image of God as a woman pouring out a jar of water onto the soil to sustain the growing grain.… (more)

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VictoriaGaile | Oct 16, 2021 |

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