Silence
Chant 14 : Tui amoris ignem ♪
Holy Spirit, come to us,
Kindle in us the fire of your love.
Holy Spirit, come to us,
Holy Spirit, come to us.
A prayer by Brother Roger, founder of the
Taizé Community
Holy Spirit, in every situation we would like to
welcome you with great simplicity. And it is above
all by the intelligence of the heart that you enable
us to penetrate the mystery of your life within us.
Chant 138 : Kristus, din Ande ♪
Jesus, your Spirit in us
Is a wellspring of life everlasting.
We leave in silence.
Prayer in the style of
the Taizé Community
Welcome to our time of singing and silence.
Please feel free to sit quietly or to join in as you
feel most comfortable. We will be following a
pattern based on the worship of the Taizé
Community, one of whose aims has always been
to make Christian worship as simple and
uncluttered as possible.
Taizé is a small village in eastern France. For 50 years, it
has been the home of a Christian monastic community made
up of brothers from many different countries, speaking
many different languages and, uniquely, belonging to
several different Christian denominations. Catholics,
Anglicans, Protestants, Orthodox and others live and pray
together, share a simple life and welcome the tens of
thousands of visitors who come to spend time with them
every year from all over the world. The community has
developed a unique style of meditative singing which
focuses on the repetitive chanting of short phrases from the
Bible and other Christian texts in a range of languages. We
are using some of those songs this evening.
The numbers refer to the booklet of Taizé Chants
which you received as you joined us. This symbol
♪ indicates that we sing the English translation
provided alongside the music. 
Opening Silence
Chant 46 : In te confido ♪
We place our trust in Christ’s compassion,
using the English words below.
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O - Christ of compassion.
O - Lord God, I trust you.
Chant 30 : In manus tuas, Pater
This chant, sung in Latin, continues the theme of trust.
Into your hands, Father, I commend my spirit.
Silence
Taizé Prayer 11
A reading from Psalm 33
Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is
fitting for the upright to praise him. For the word
of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all
he does. The LORD loves righteousness and
justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love. By
the word of the LORD were the heavens made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth. The
LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts
the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the
LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his
heart through all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the
people he chose for his inheritance. The eyes of
the LORD are on those who fear him, on those
whose hope is in his unfailing love, to deliver
them from death and keep them alive in famine.
We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and
our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust
in his holy name.
Chant 147 : Seigneur, tu gardes mon âme
the Spirit for the common good. […]For just as
the body is one and has many parts, and all the
parts of the body, though many, are one body, so
it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all
baptised into one body, Jews or Greeks, slaves or
free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
Silence
Chant 125 : The kingdom of God
A Litany of Praise
(Responses in bold type are for all)
Holy Spirit, Creator, in the beginning you moved
over the waters.
Holy Spirit, come!
Holy Spirit, Creator, from your breath all
creatures drew their life.
Holy Spirit, come!
We respond to the words of hope and assurance in the Psalm
using the English translation below.
Holy Spirit, Counsellor, by your inspiration the
prophets bore witness to the Word of God.
Holy Spirit, come!
O Lord, you hold and protect me;
You know all my heart’s desire.
Guide my steps along the everlasting way,
Guide my steps along the everlasting way.
Holy Spirit, you prepared the Virgin Mary to
become the Mother of the Lord.
Holy Spirit, come!
Long Silence
Holy Spirit, you descended upon Jesus on the day
of His baptism.
Holy Spirit, come!
Chant 39 : Tu sei sorgente viva
We invite the Holy Spirit to prepare us to receive God’s
word, using the English translation below.
Lord, you are living water,
You are light and fire, you are love.
Come, O Holy Spirit! Come, O Holy Spirit!
A reading from Paul’s 1st Letter to the
Corinthians, Chapter 12
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same
Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the
same Lord; and there are varieties of activity, but
it is the same God who activates all of them in
everyone. To each is given the manifestation of
Holy Spirit, Christ promised you would always be
with us and in us.
Holy Spirit, come!
Holy Spirit, you came down upon the apostles to
gather them into a new communion, the Church.
Holy Spirit, come!
Holy Spirit, Comforter, you bring us to birth as
God’s children.
Holy Spirit, come!
Holy Spirit, you make us a living sign of God’s
presence.
Holy Spirit, come!