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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.

All 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.