Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

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...

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....

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 Contemp...

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 Re...

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 D...

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...

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 C...

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 R...

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...

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 Book...

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...

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 (19...

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Remember the Path by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan First Reading from Rainer Maria Rilke, "Letter XI" in the published collection, first appearing in French under the title Lettres Francaises a Merline. 1919 - 1922, published in 1950. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort...

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Surrender by Deirdre Ni Chinneide Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 81 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Thomas Merton, Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. New York: Doubleday Religion (2009). Closing Poem by Christine...

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: In My Heart is the Road by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan First Reading from Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (2005). Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 126 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-4-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Viriditas by Betsey Beckman Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 45 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from The Rule of St. Benedict. Collegeville, MN: Liturgi...

CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Blessing to the World by Karen Drucker First Reading from Joan Chittister, Wisdom Distilled in the Daily. HarperSanFrancisco (1990). Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 40 by Rev. Christine Robinson Second Reading from Matthew 20:1–16...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-3-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Canticle of Creation by Simon de Voil Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 113 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude: Three Med...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-3-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Archangel Invocation by Simon de Voil First Reading from Edward Sellner, Finding the Monk Within: Great Monastic Values for Today. Ambassador Books, Inc (2008). Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Co...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-2-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Listen to My Sighing by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 122 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Nicholas Black Elk, Black E...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-2-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Blessing the Breath of God by Denise Pyles First Reading from John Chryssavgis, In the Heart of the Desert. Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom, Inc. (2008), Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan In...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-1-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: In the Silence by John Coleman Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 46 by Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night Thomas Merton, A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Medit...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-1-monkintheworld/ CREDITS All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Breathe In by Peter Mayer First Reading from Howard Thurman, Deep is the Hunger. Richmond, IN: Friends United Press (1978). Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 34 by...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-7/ Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Canticle of Creation by Simon de Voil Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan Interpretation of Psalm 98 by the Rev. Christine Robinson Reading of the Night from Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Quoted in Original Bless...

https://abbeyofthearts.com/about/prayer-cycle/day-7/ Credits: All songs and texts used with permission Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner Opening Song: Creation’s Hallelujah by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan First Reading from Thomas Berry. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. New York: Crown Publishing (1999) p. 23-24. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colliga...