The Soul of a Pilgrim Prayer Cycle: Day 4 Evening Prayer

Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

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.