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.