The Love of Thousands Prayer Cycle: Day 6 Evening

Credits: All songs and texts used with permission

Opening Prayer: Written by Christine Valters Paintner

Opening Song: Cypress Seed Song written by Betsey Beckman, sung by Te Martin from the album The Love of Thousands: Singing with 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: BánChnoic Eirann O, Words: Kiran Young Wimberly © 2022, from the forthcoming album May We Rise

Reading of the Night: Patrick B. Reyes, The Purpose Gap: Empowering Communities of Color to Find Meaning and Thrive. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press (2021) page 156 and 164.

Closing Song: May What I Do by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics

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 (used with permission from 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.