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Credits: All songs and texts used with permission
Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner
Opening Song: Seed of Life by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Interpretation of Psalm 19 by the Rev. Christine Robinson
Reading of the Night from Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov. Wordsworth Editions (2007) p. 352 and 356.
Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of Wild Grace. Paraclete Press (2020).
Closing Song: Oscaill Mo Chroi by Deirdre Ni Chinneide
Please note: All of the Opening and Closing Songs are published on CDs in the Abbey of the Arts collection. In addition, these songs 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). The Psalm Opening, Doxology, and the Response to the Prayers of Concern also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.
