Abbey of the Arts Prayer Cycle

• Cultivating Seeds of Liberation Prayer Cycle: Day 7 Evening ~ Beauty

  All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Claudia Love Mair Opening Song: We Are Weaving Our Lives by Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 104: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, adapted, set to music and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Makoto Fujimura, Art + Faith: A Theology of Making. Yale University Press (2021) page 12. Closing Song: On the Wings of Grace by Melanie DeMore from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Claudia Love Mair Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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• Cultivating Seeds of Liberation Prayer Cycle: Day 7 Morning ~ Beauty

  All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Beauty by Betsey Beckman, arranged and performed by Simon de Voil and Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living First Reading: Sophfronia Scott, The Seeker and the Monk: Everyday Conversations with Thomas Merton. Broadleaf Books (2021) page 60. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 65: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Cole Arthur Riley, This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us. Convergent Books (2023) page 38-41. Prayers of Concern written by Jo-ed Tome Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: Only Grace by The Many from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy. Words by Lenora Rand, Music by Hannah Rand © 2016 Mirasion Music (ASCAP) Closing Blessing written by Jo-ed Tome Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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• Cultivating Seeds of Liberation Prayer Cycle: Day 6 Evening Prayer ~ Joy

  All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Jo-ed Tome Opening Song: Join in the Joy by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Singing with Monks and Mystics Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 19: Interpretation, musical setting, and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Howard Thurman, Meditations of the Heart. Beacon Press (2023) page 106. Closing Song: Joy to Life by Alexa Sunshine Rose from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Jo-ed Tome Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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• Cultivating Seeds of Liberation Prayer Cycle: Day 6 Morning Prayer ~ Joy

  All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart Opening Song: All Belong Here by The Many, from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy. Lyrics by Lenora Rand; Music by Hannah Rand As recorded by The Many ©2017 Plural Guild Music First Reading: Patrick Saint-Jean, Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola. Harding House Publishing, Inc./Anamcharabooks, (2021) page 305. Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 45: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Second Reading: Tracey Michea’l Lewis-Giggetts, Black Joy: Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Restoration. Gallery Books (2022) page xxi. Prayers of Concern written by Cassidhe Hart Sung Response: Words by Abbey Dream Team. Music by Betsey Beckman. Arranged and performed by Alexa Sunshine Rose and Simon de Voil © 2025 Closing Song: Praise the Maker, by Alana Levandoski from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart. Final line in reference to “Praise the Maker” by Alana Levandoski Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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• Cultivating Seeds of Liberation Prayer Cycle: Day 5 Evening ~ Peace

  All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved. Opening Prayer written by Melinda Thomas Opening Song: May I Be Empty by Batya Levine (a queer Jewish artist) © 2020, from the album Karov Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living Psalm 84: Interpretation by Christine Robinson, musical setting and sung by Simon de Voil Reading of the Night: Cynthia Bailey Manns, Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color. Morehouse Publishing (2013) page 64. Closing Song: Nairobi Women’s Peace Song by Karen MacKay and Nancy Nordlie, recorded by Lorraine Bayes from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy Closing Blessing written by Melinda Thomas Prayers, readings, and blessings voiced by Claudia Love Mair and Jo-ed Tome. Audio engineering by Simon de Voil. Please note: All of the songs and prayer responses are published on albums in the Abbey of the Arts collection unless otherwise noted. In addition, these songs & responses have accompanying gesture prayers and/or dances created by Betsey Beckman that can be found on the corresponding video collections. Audio and video recordings of the Prayer Cycles are available at AbbeyoftheArts.com.

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