For the kingdom,
Just and true,
The power,
Gentle and fair,
And the glory,
Shot through with the colours of love
Are yours for ever and ever.
Amen
Chant 39 : Tu sei sorgente viva
We invite the Holy Spirit to prepare us for what awaits us
this week, 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 prayer by Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé
Community
Holy Spirit, enable us to bring peace where there
are oppositions and to allow a reflection of God’s
compassion to become visible by the lives we lead.
Show us how to love and to say it with our life.
Amen
Chant 127 : Nebojte se ♪
Prayer in the style of
the Taizé Community
Welcome! 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 23 : Laudate Omnes Gentes ♪
We leave in silence.
For more information about Taizé Prayer at St Nicolas
Church, Kings Norton, visit
www.kingsnorton.org.uk
Feel free to take this sheet home.
The words of the chants are reproduced under
Church Copyright Licence 5136 and Calamus Licence 0919
The prophet Isaiah wrote,
“Arise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
See, darkness covers the earth
and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the LORD rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your dawn.”
We entrust ourselves and our regrets to God’s mercy in the
words of the criminal who was crucified with Christ.
Chant 37 : Jesus, Remember Me
Taizé Prayer 16
Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you
come into your kingdom.” Jesus answered him, "I
tell you the truth, today you will be with me in
paradise."
Silence
A reading from Psalm 30
I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of
the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over
me. O LORD my God, I called to you for help and
you healed me. Sing to the LORD, you saints of
his; praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only
a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping
may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the
morning. You turned my wailing into dancing;
you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with
joy, that my heart may sing to you and not be
silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks
forever.
A reading from St John’s Gospel
There came a man who was sent from God; his
name was John. He came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that through him all men
might believe. He himself was not the light; he
came only as a witness to the light. The true light
that gives light to every man was coming into the
world. He was in the world, and though the world
was made through him, the world did not
recognize him. He came to that which was his
own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all
who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of
God— children born not of natural descent, nor of
human decision or a husband's will, but born of
God. The Word became flesh and made his
dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the One and Only, who came from the
Father, full of grace and truth.
Silence
Assured of God’s mercy, healing and forgiveness, we rest in
the peace and joy which He offers.
Chant 54 : Toi, tu nous aimes ♪
Silence
The Lord’s Prayer
Chant 150 : Behüte mich, Gott
Lines in bold type are for all.
We sing this chant to the English words below.
Emfold me, O God,
For I trust in you.
You show me the path to follow.
You give me joy, your joy in its fulness.
Long Silence
Food for Thought in the Silence
Silence means leaving to God what is beyond my reach and
capacity. A moment of silence, even very short, is like a
holy stop, a sabbatical rest, a truce of worries.
Chant 8 : C’est toi, ma lampe, Seigneur
Your word, O Lord, is a light.
My God, enlighten my darkness.
O Lord, my God,
Illuminate my darkness.
O Lord, my God,
Illuminate my darkness.
Our Father in Heaven,
Remind us constantly that you are parent to all
your children, whoever or wherever they are
or come from.
Hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come,
Establishing peace and justice, hope and life
for all peoples.
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, Give
us today our daily bread.
Disturb us into awareness of the needs of
others.
Forgive us our sins,
Our pride and our prejudices.
As we forgive those tho sin against us. Lead us
not into temptation;
Keep our hearts and minds open to see the
good in others.
Deliver us from evil.