Shawn Tracy wedded the words of the Lord's Prayer to a root melody during long walks in the mountains of Pennsylvania. In the splendor of meadowed flowers and the clarity of lake mirrored mountain skies the musical direction for the mantras of Magnificat began. The Sangre de Cristo mountains of New Mexico provided a different setting for the development of the prayer of Mary. Shawn would walk day after day into the special beauty and unique solitude of the desert. There under the spell of Mother Earth, and with a sense of her struggles and anguish, the Hail Mary Mantra was born.
Mantras express simple phrases of prayer in repetitive patterns.
A lullaby of feeling and wistful memory. An anthem that celebrates the conjunction of time and eternity. A testimony of acknowledgement and surrender to the unfolding providence and divine purpose within human destiny. Psalm 90 of the Hebrew canon laments the condition of an unresolved human life. Your Praise rises above the dilemma of mortality to sing with confidence of rebirth and lasting joy.