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Credits: All songs and texts used with permission
Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner
Opening Song: Mother Earth by Betsey Beckman
First Reading from Angela of Foligno. Quoted in Carmen Acevedo Butcher, A Little Daily Wisdom: Christian Women Mystics. Paraclete Press (2005) Kindle Edition.
Sung Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Interpretation of Psalm 60 by Rev. Christine Robinson
Second Reading from Saint Bonaventure. Quoted in Ewert Cousins (trans), The Soul’s Journey into God (Classics of Western Spirituality). New York: Paulist Press (1978) p. 26.
Prayers of Concern written by Valerie Allen
Sung Response by Betsey Beckman
Closing Song: Viriditas by Betsey Beckman
Closing Blessing: Earth as the Original Saints written by Christine Valters Paintner
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.
