All songs and texts used with permission. All rights reserved.

Opening Prayer written by Cassidhe Hart

Opening Song: Dweller by Joel McKerrow from the album Cultivating Seeds of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy

First Reading: Randy Woodley, Becoming Rooted: One Hundred Days of Reconnecting with Sacred Earth. Broadleaf Books (2022) page 57-58.

Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Monk in the World: Songs for Contemplative Living

Psalm 23: Interpretation and musical setting by Simon de Voil

Second Reading: Maurice J. Nutt, Embodied Spirits: Stories of Spiritual Directors of Color. Morehouse Publishing (2013). page 19-20.

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: Fear Not the Pain by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan from the album Cultivating Sees of Liberation: Songs of Justice and Joy

Closing Blessing written by Cassidhe Hart

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.