Birthing the Holy Prayer Cycle: Day 4 Evening Prayer

26/05/2022 17 min
Birthing the Holy Prayer Cycle: Day 4 Evening Prayer

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Episode Synopsis

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. Christine Robinson

Reading of the Night from Marion Woodman and Elinor Dickinson, Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness. Shambala (1997), 7.

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

Closing Song: I am Here by Deírdre Ni Chennéide 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.

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