Celtic Conversations with Christine Valters Paintner

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: Dreams by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 113: Interpretation by Christine Robinson. Musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books (2018) page 180-181. Closing Song: Your Heart Knows the Way Home by Te Martin from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Claudia Love Mair Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Dweller by Joel McKerrow from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Randy Woodley, Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth. Broadleaf Books (2022) page 57-58. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 23: Interpretation and musical setting by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Maurice J. Nutt, Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color. Morehouse Publishing (2013). page 19-20. Prayers of Concern written by Cassidhe Hart Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: Fear Not the Pain by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: Open Up Ancient Gates by Dena Jennings from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 90: Translation and musical setting by James Block, adapted and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books (2023) pg X Closing Song: © 1997, Trisha Watts. Originally published by Willow Publishing Pty Ltd. www.willowpublishing.com.au. Available from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Wade in the Water by Benjamin Mertz from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Wilda Gafney, Womanist Midrash: Volume 1: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press (2017) page 3-4. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 8: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Mihee Kim Kort, Outside the Lines:How Embracing Queerness Will Transform Your Faith. Fortress Press (2018) page 100. Prayers of Concern written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: Plowshare Prayer by Spencer La Joye from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Melinda Thomas Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Release by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 139: Tune: The Banks of Claudy, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2015, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 2. Performed by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Luther E. Smith, Hope is Here!: Spiritual Practices for Pursuing Justice and Beloved Community. Westminster John Knox Press (2023) page 183. Closing Song: Mend Your Heart by Dena Jennings from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Jo-ed Tome Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: I Know by Soyinka Rahim from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy First Reading: Austin Channing Brown, I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. Convergent Books (2018) page 176. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 34: Interpretation, musical setting, and sung by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Steven Charleston, We Survived the End of the World. Broadleaf Books (2023) page 109. Prayers of Concern written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: There is No Gift So Holy, by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written Claudia Love Mair Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Holy Holy Holy by Karen Drucker from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Bold Riley, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2018, from the album Rest in the Shelter Reading of the Night: Linda Hogan, Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World. Simon and Schuster (1996) page 159. Closing Song: I Am Here by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Let the Land Sing by Lydia Violet from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life. Riverhead Books (2002) page 4-5. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Happy Are We All Together, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022, from the album May We Rise Second Reading: Job 38:4-7 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Now I Walk in Beauty Diné Navajo Prayer sung by Lorraine Bayes from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (used with permission from Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Cypress Seed Song written by Betsey Beckman, sung by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Saints and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: BánChnoic Eirann O, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022, from the forthcoming album May We Rise Reading of the Night: Patrick B. Reyes, The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press (2021) page 156 and 164. Closing Song: May What I Do by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (used with permission from Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Grandmother Song by Sandy Vaughn, adapted by Lorraine Bayes from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Easter, Sandra. Jung and the Ancestors: Beyond Biography, Mending the Ancestral Web. Muswell Hill Press. Kindle Edition. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: The Banks of Claudy, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2015, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 2. Second Reading: Colossians 3:15-16 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Following the River Home by Lorraine Bayes from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (used with permission from Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: The Spirits Are Here with Us by Soyinka Rahim from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: A Fig for a Kiss, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022, from the forthcoming album May We Rise. Reading of the Night: Vincent Harding, “I Hear Them. . . Calling,” in Callings, ed. James Y. Holloway and Will D. Campbell (New York: Paulist Press, 1974), 31-39. Page 39. Closing Song: In My Heart is the Road by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (used with permission from Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Weep with Me by Deirdre Ní Chinneíde from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Henri J. M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith HarperOne, 1997 (entry for August 29) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: The Lament of the Three Marys/Coaineadh na dTrí Muire, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2018, from the album Celtic Psalms: Rest in the Shelter Second Reading: Jeremiah 31:15 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: We Remember Them by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (used with permission from Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Go in Peace by Katarina Stenstedt from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2013, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 1. Reading of the Night: Numbers 14:18 (The New Living Translation) (Adapted) Closing Song: Sending You Light by Melanie DeMore from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Ancestor Song by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books, 2022, (pg 60) Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Willy Taylor, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2013, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol 1. Second Reading: Hebrews 12:1 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

https://abbeyofthearts.com/prayer-cycle/the-love-of-thousands/ Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: You Are Sweet (Mechtild of Magdeburg) by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Rathlin Island (Brian Connors), Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022. From the album Celtic Psalms: May We Rise. Reading of the Night: Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practices of the Black Church, Augsburg Fortress Publishers (2004), page 130. Closing Song: This World Is Pregnant with God (Singing with Angela of Foligno) by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

https://abbeyofthearts.com/prayer-cycle/the-love-of-thousands/ Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: The Bookmark Prayer (St. Teresa) by Simon de Voil from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Joseph Whelan, SJ: https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/fall-in-love/ Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Here's a Health, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2018, from the album Celtic Psams: Rest in the Shelter Second Reading: Revelation 8:2-4 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Christ is the Mirror (Clare of Assisi) by Laura Ash from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Litany of the Saints by Betsey Beckman from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Far, Far Beyond Yon Mountains, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022, from the album Celtic Psalms: May We Rise. Reading of the Night: Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation. New Directions (2007) page 31 Closing Song: All Shall Be Well (Julian of Norwich) by Kathryn Christian from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: A New Name (Jacob's Round) by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's poem “Der Schauende,” from his Book of Images, by Christine Valters Paintner and Katharina Resch Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: The Quiet Land of Erin, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2015, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol. 2 Second Reading: Genesis 32:22-28 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Melinda Thomas Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Calling All Angels by MaMuse from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Holy Angels by Sara Thomsen from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: The Parting Glass, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2015, from the album Celtic Psalms Vol. 2 Reading of the Night: bell hooks, all above love: new visions. HarperCollins (2001) pages 225-227. Closing Song: Mary, Queen of Angels by Lorraine Bayes from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Welcome to this Circle by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with Angels, Saints, and Ancestors First Reading: Peter Stanford Angels: A Visible and Invisible History. Hodder & Stoughton LTD (2019) page 7. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Version: Tune: Dearthairin o Mo Chroi, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2018, from Celtic Psalms: Rest in the Shelter Second Reading: Genesis 28:10-12 (NRSV) Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2023 Closing Song: Archangel Invocation by Simon de Voil from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Love of Thousands : How Angels, Saints, and Ancestors Walk with Us Toward Holiness (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: The World Is My Monastery by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 270. Reading of the Night: Judith E. Smith, from “This Ground is Holy Ground” in Weavings Journal Closing Poem: “How to Be a Pilgrim” written by Christine Valters Paintner from Dreaming of Stones: Poems, Paraclete Press, Brewster, MA, 2019. page 48. Closing Song: Following the River Home by Lorraine Bayes from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading: Kaitlin Curtice, Native: Identity, Belonging, and Rediscovering God, Brazos Press, 2020. page 15. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 38. Second Reading: Luke 24:28-32. Scripture quotation is from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Beauty by Betsey Beckman from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Now I Am Revealing by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 34. Reading of the Night: Saying of the Desert Fathers, edited by Benedicta Ward, Liturgical Press, 1984. Silvanus 11. Closing Poem: “How To Feel The Sap Rising.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: Viriditas by Betsey Beckman from the album Singing with Saints and Mystics Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Behold I Make All Things New by Alana Levandoski from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading: Howard Thurman, Meditations from the Heart, Beacon Press, 1999. page 106. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 18-19. Second Reading: Luke 15:23-24. Scripture quotation is from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Prayers of Concern: Written by Cassidhe Hart Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Breathe In by Peter Mayer from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Maria Wanders Through the Thorns by Kristy Karen Smith from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 203. Reading of the Night: Phil Cousineau, The Art of Pilgrimage, Conari Press, 2021. page xxix. Closing Poem: “Please can I have a God.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: I Am Here by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Welcome in the Stranger by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics First Reading: Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practice of the Black Church, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2004, page 4. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 1-2. Second Reading: John 4:7-9a, 10. Scripture quotation is from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Promise to the Saints by Carmel Boyle from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Saint Gobnait by Simon de Voil from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 206. Reading of the Night: Richard R. Niebuhr, “Pilgrims and Pioneers: Themes of Spiritual Pilgrimage,” Parabola Magazine, August 1984, page 7. Closing Poem: “This is what it's like to yield.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: In the Silence by John Coleman from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Remember the Path by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading: Howard Thurman, Meditations from the Heart, Beacon Press, 1999. page 29. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 193-194. Second Reading: Matthew 2:13-15. Scripture quotation is from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Prayers of Concern: Written by Cassidhe Hart Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Painter and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Now I Walk in Beauty by Lorraine Bayes from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Christ Within by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 15. Reading of the Night: Saying of the Desert Fathers, edited by Benedicta Ward, Liturgical Press, 1984. Theodora 2 Closing Poem: “Remember.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: Blessing of the Elements by Betsey Beckman from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Brigid's Birds by Margaret McLarty from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers First Reading: Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable: Contemplative Practice of the Black Church, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2004. page 41. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 97. Second Reading: Exodus 15:19-21. Scripture quotation is from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Peregrine by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Undo Me by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 228-229. Reading of the Night: Kerry Walters, Soul Wilderness: A Desert Spirituality, Paulist Press, 2001. page 80. Closing Poem: “Invite Wonder.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: Surrender by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: I Lay Open (Psalm 25) by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Trust First Reading: Howard Thurman, Meditations from the Heart, Beacon Press, 1999. page 174. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 75. Second Reading: Genesis 12: 1-2. Scripture quotation is from the New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition. Copyright © 2021 National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Prayers of Concern: Written by Cassidhe Hart Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Open Hand by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection except for “I Lay Open” by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan (see credits for source). In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Hail Mary by Alana Levandoski from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Woman's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, (Year W) page 232. Reading of the Night: Alan Jones, Passion for Pilgrimage: Notes for the Journey Home, Moorehouse Publishing, 2000. page 39. Closing Poem: “Following An Ancient Call.” Excerpted from The Soul of a Pilgrim, copyright ©2015 by Christine Valters Paintner. Used with permission of the publisher, Sorin Books®, an imprint of Ave Maria Press®, Inc., P.O. Box 428, Notre Dame, IN 46556, www.avemariapress.com. Closing Song: Oscail Mo Chroí by Deirdre Ní Chinnéide from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Song of Brigid by Laura Ash from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics First Reading: Mark Nepo, The Exquisite Risk, Harmony Books, 2006, New York, NY. page 12. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm Translation: Wilda C. Gafney, A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church © 2021 Church Publishing Incorporated, New York, NY 10016, used by permission. (Year W) page 5 Second Reading: Genesis 3:23-24. Scripture quotation is from THE MESSAGE, copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Prayers of Concern: Written by Claudia Love Mair Sung Response: Tune by Betsey Beckman, lyrics by Christine Valters Paintner and Simon de Voil, sung by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Illumine Me by Trish Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Blessing: Written by Christine Valters Paintner to companion her book The Soul of a Pilgrim (Ave Maria Press) Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Magnificat by Simon de Voil from Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 14 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet (New York: Continuum, 1994), 187. Closing Song: Litany of Mary by Tomás Pascual (1595-1635), adapted by Laura Ash, from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Calling Maria by Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading from Elizabeth A. Johnson, Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints. New York: Continuum (2009) page 78-79. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 17 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from Joy Cowley, Modern Magnificat Prayers of Concern written by Polly Paton-Brown SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose. Closing Song: Mother Earth by Betsey Beckman from the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

ll songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Maria Wanders Through the Thorns (traditional) sung by Kristy Karen Smith from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 87 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Cardinal John Henry Newman Closing Song: Litany of Guadalupe by Tomás Pascual (1595-1635), adapted by Laura Ash, from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: We Are Bringing God to Birth by Betsey Beckman from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading from Elizabeth A. Johnson, Truly Our Sister. (New York: Continuum, 2009), 34 Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 93 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from The Gospel According to Luke (2:6-7 – NRSV) Prayers of Concern written by Valerie Allen SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose. Closing Song: Behold, I Make All Things New by Alana Levandoski from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Viriditas by Betsey Beckman from the album Singing with Saints and Mystics Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 65 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Courtney Hall Lee, Black Madonna: A Womanist Look at Mary of Nazareth (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017,) Closing Song: O Viridissima Virga written by Hildegard of Bingen (sung by Laura Ash) from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Requiem by Eliza Gilkyson (sung by Simon de Voil) from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading from Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Untie the Strong Woman (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2011), 34 Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 119 v. 25-49 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from The Gospel According to John (19:25b-27 – NRSV) Prayers of Concern written by Valerie Allen SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Listening to My Sighing by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Black Madonna by Soyinka Rahim from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 102 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickinson, Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. Shambala (1997), 7. Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Closing Song: I am Here by Deírdre Ni Chennéide from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: In the Silence by John Coleman from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading from Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 46 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from The Gospel According to Luke (2:16-20 -NRSV) Prayers of Concern written by Valerie Allen SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Our Lady of Silence by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: If in Your Heart by Ana Hernández from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 71 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from 2 Corinthians 4:7, NRSV Closing Song:  O Sun by Peter Mayer on the album Earth, Our Original Monastery: Singing Our Way to the Sacred Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and  Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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).  Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Stella Maris by Gina Salā on the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading from Bernard of Clairvaux, Homilies in Praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary, (Kalamazoo, MI: Cistercian Publications, 1993), 30. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 123 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading: The Gospel According to Matthew (2:9-11 -NRSV) Prayers of Concern written by Polly Paton-Brown SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Deep Peace by Sara Thomsen from the album The Soul's Slow Ripening: Songs for Celtic Seekers Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner  from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and  Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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).  Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Hail Mary by Alana Levandoski from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 122 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night Adapted from Clear Qur'an 3:42-49 Closing Song: Litany of Mary by Laura Ash from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Closing Blessing by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Undo Me by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading: Thomas Merton, Seven-Storey Mountain (New York: Harcourt Publishing, 1948), 143. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 26 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading: The Gospel According to John (2:1-5 - NRSV) Prayers of Concern written by Polly Paton-Brown SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Prayer of St. Francis by Simon de Voil from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Ave Maria by Simon de Voil from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 16 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night Burke, Mariann, Re-Imagining Mary,( Sheridan, WY: Fisher King Press, 2009,) 26 Closing Song: Hail Mary by Betsey Beckman from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Closing Blessing written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner, arranged by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: Mary, Queen of Angels by Lorraine Bayes from the album Birthing the Holy: Singing with Mary and the Sacred Feminine First Reading from St. Bonaventure Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Interpretation of Psalm 20 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from The Gospel of Luke (1:26-28) NRSV Prayers of Concern written by Polly Paton-Brown SUNG RESPONSE based on Litany of Mary by Laura Ash. Adapted & recorded by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose Closing Song: Archangel Invocation by Simon de Voil from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner from Birthing the Holy: Wisdom from Mary to Nurture Creativity and Renewal used with permission from Ave Maria Press Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs & responses 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). Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

This is an updated version of the file. CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Behold by Alana Levandoski Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 96 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves. New York: Ballantine Books (1996). Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of Wild Grace. Paraclete Press (2020). Closing Song: Beauty by Betsey Beckman 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 and Doxology also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Let Our Hearts Overflow by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan First Reading from Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation. New York: New Directions Publishing (2007). Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 149 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from 2 Samuel 6:1-5 (NRSV). Prayers of Concern written by Polly Burns Sung Response by Betsey Beckman Closing Song: Miriam of the Dance by Betsey Beckman Closing Blessing: written by Christine Valters Paintner 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.

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Now I am Revealing by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 90 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Paul Wilkes, Beyond the Walls: Monastic Wisdom for Everyday Life. New York: Doubleday Religion (1999). Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of Wild Grace. Paraclete Press (2020). Closing Song: The World is My Monastery by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan 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 and Doxology also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.