The Soul of a Pilgrim Prayer Cycle: Day 1 Morning Prayer

Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

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.