A tool for evangelization and prayer, this album is intended for and accessible to all.
For many years now, Brother Benjamin, a Salesian from Don Bosco, has been leading «face-to-face» prayer evenings across France and online on Friday evenings (YouTube & Instagram).
The project
Faced with the growing number of testimonies of improved well-being during these prayer vigils, and the increasing number of people asking him how to find these songs, Brother Benjamin finally discerned a potential call from the Holy Spirit to create an album that would enable people to experience and relive the many graces of prayer through song.
These are not songs as such, but short refrains in the style of the «Taizé refrains». The latter are the fruit of improvisation. They are short, repetitive, and lead to interiority and a depth of prayer such that conversions, healings and comforts multiply.
–> The aim of this album is to make these refrains accessible at all times (musical platforms, album), with the same «atmosphere» of recollection, so that while listening to the album, people can immerse themselves in prayer, while driving, cooking, jogging, etc. It's a genuine «tool» for prayer, better a school of prayer.
Implementation
The project, produced by the famous group HOPEN, brings together amateur and professional singers:
- choir students from one of our homes, Giel Don Bosco, as well as a student's mom.
- Notre Dame Mother of Light – NDML (550,000 subscribers on YouTube)
- Pauline Betuel, famous praise singer
- Claude Makeda (fabulous singer of Guetteurs)
- Saorse and Joseph Arduin (niece/nephew of frère Benjamin)
The realization took place on Saturday October 26 and Sunday October 27, 2024, of artist residency at Giel Don Bosco in the community chapel, wood and carpet, round, nice aesthetics.
The style of the project is unprecedented in the French-speaking world, with short refrains (Taizé format) but with a modern, pop, modern gospel style.
Discover Frère Benjamin's new video « My heart in your hand« .
