The Love of Thousands Prayer Cycle: Day 3 Evening

Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

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.