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An Awesome Prayer Book that Truly Holds the Rare Promise of Awe,
By David Crumm "Editor of ReadTheSpirit magazine" (Canton, Michigan) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: We Side with the Morning: Daily Prayers to the God of Hope (Paperback)
Thousands of prayer books flow from publishers, but it's hard to find a fresh voice that just might startle us into a moment of awe. True awe--a rare and rejuvenating spiritual experience. Seeking this kind of surprising daily prayer book for 2010, I was pleased to find that "We Side with the Morning" was written by a poet now in his 80s.
William Cleary is a former Jesuit who left the priesthood years ago to marry and raise a family. Both of his grown sons are musicians. His wife is a Unitarian minister. In a family like this, beautiful prayers seem to blossom on a daily basis. As I am growing older myself, like most Baby Boomers, I'm humbled by life's daily crises and my own human limitations--but a boundless faith pushes me out of bed each morning to rejoin the global community. That's why I love prayers like one that Cleary calls "May It Be So: Giving thanks despite imperfection." The prayer includes these words: "You have made us as you made us: imperfect, crudely shaped, dull of mind--but full of promise, every single one of us. Give us insight and gratitude for things as they are." To that, we all can say: Amen! |
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We Side with the Morning: Daily Prayers to the God of Hope by William H. Cleary (Paperback - Oct. 2009)
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