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Credits: All songs and texts used with permission
Opening Prayer written by Christine Valters Paintner
Opening Song: Canticle of Creation by Simon de Voil
Psalm Opening and Doxology by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan
Interpretation of Psalm 98 by the Rev. Christine Robinson
Reading of the Night from Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Quoted in Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality by Matthew Fox, Jeremy Tarcher (2000) p. 69.
Closing Poem by Christine Valters Paintner, The Wisdom of Wild Grace. Paraclete Press (2020).
Closing Song: Be Still 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, 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.
