With love and faith, the tradition of our Church is passed from generation to generation. As Morning Breaks and Evening Sets introduces young people to the biblical form of prayer known as the Liturgy of the Hours. From the hands of three of today’s top liturgical composers, Tony Alonso, Michael Mahler, and Lori True, this recording and music collection offer seventeen wonderful new contemporary settings of psalms, canticles, and hymns for Morning and Evening Prayer. The music in this collection corresponds to the book, As Morning Breaks and Evening Sets: Liturgical Prayer Services for Ordinary and Extraordinary Events in the Lives of Young People, by Tony Alonso, Laurie Delgatto, and Robert Feduccia, published by St. Mary’s Press. This book is filled with simple yet profound prayer experiences that speak to the everyday lives of young people.

Song List:

• We Arise
• Fresh As The Morning
• Let Us Sing!
• The Rising Sun
• You Answered Me
• The Lord Is My Light
• You The Source And Maker
• Here I Am
• Create In Me
• Cry Out With Joy And Gladness
• I Have Found My Peace
• How Great Is Your Name
• Let Evening Fall
• Stay With Us, Lord
• Like Burning Incense
• Magnificat
• Lord, Let Your Servants Go In Peace

Due to the popularity of My Morning Prayer and in answer to many requests, GIA is happy to release another prayer resource. My Evening Prayer contains seven settings of evening prayer on a two-CD set, one for each evening of the week. As with My Morning Prayer, each service lasts approximately twenty minutes and incorporates all the same great features as the morning service, including a booklet containing a transcript of the entire recording. My Evening Prayer includes works by th following composers and authors: Marty Haugen, Rory Cooney, Michael Joncas, the Taizé Community, David Hurd, Lori True, Tony Alonso, David Haas, Fred Pratt Green, Howard Hughes, William Bouknight, Susan Briehl, and Michel Guimont.

Song List:

• Saturday Evening 1
• Saturday Evening 2
• Sunday Evening 1
• Sunday Evening 2
• Monday Evening 1
• Monday Evening 2
• Tuesday Evening 1
• Tuesday Evening 2
• Wednesday Evening 1
• Wednesday Evening 2
• Thursday Evening 1
• Thursday Evening 2
• Friday Evening 1
• Friday Evening 2

In this hectic world, oftentimes we forsake our prayer lives for the demanding pressures of day-to-day living. My Morning Prayer was conceived out of the desire to find alternate ways for people to spend time in prayer. Ideal for commuters, this two-CD set contains seven separate settings of morning prayer, one for each day of the week. Each service lasts for approximately twenty minutes and includes a morning hymn, two psalms with psalm prayers, a scripture passage, a canticle, intercessions, the Lord's Prayer, a concluding prayer, and a blessing.
Not only is this prayer resource useful for those who pray during the solitude of their morning commute - this CD might also be used in small group settings or by anyone who finds it challenging to pray in a meaningful way on a regular basis. Just pop it in, pick a day, and pray! You will find many familiar titles, providing an opportunity to memorize the services after repeated use. The musical settings of the canticle, intercessions, Lord's Prayer, and blessing are repeated each day, while the hymns and psalms are unique to each day. Some of the authors and composers on this CD set include Michael Joncas, Michel Guimont, Ruth Duck, Liam Lawton, David Haas, Lynn Trapp, The Dameans, Joseph Gelineau, John Bell, Michael Mahler, and Taizé.

Song List:

• Sunday 1
  


• Thursday 1
  


• Sunday 2
  


• Thursday 2
  


• Friday 1
  


• Monday 1
  


• Friday 2
  


• Monday 2
  


• Saturday 1
  


• Tuesday 1
  


• Saturday 2
  


• Tuesday 2
  


• Wednesday 1
  


• Wednesday 2
  

Total Play Time: 2 Hours