Earth Monastery Prayer Cycle - Day 3 Evening Prayer Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

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Credits: All songs and texts used with permission

Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner

Opening Song: Brigid's Birds by Margaret McLarty

Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

Interpretation of Psalm 24 by the Rev. Christine Robinson

Reading of the Night from Saint Cuthbert. Quoted in Bede’s Sancti Cuthberti 20 (John Francis Webb,translator) Age of Bede, 69-70.

Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of Wild Grace. Paraclete Press (2020).

Closing Song: Follow the River Home by Lorraine Bayes

Please note: All of the Opening and Closing Songs are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding DVD (each album has a DVD companion). The Psalm Opening, Doxology, and the Response to the Prayers of Concern also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.