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CREDITS

All songs and texts used with permission

Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner

Opening Song: In the Silence by John Coleman

Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan

Interpretation of Psalm 46 by Rev. Christine Robinson

Reading of the Night Thomas Merton, A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals.

New York: HarperCollins (2004).

Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, Dreaming of Stones. Paraclete Press (2020).

Closing Song: Be Still (Psalm 46) by Simon de Voil

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 and Doxology also have accompanying congregational gestures. The audio and video recordings of these are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.