Jesus, you promised the Holy Spirit to the
apostles. May the Spirit of consolation renew our
faithfulness to you and give us boldness to bring
your light and life into dark places.
Lord, fill our lives with your light
Jesus, you sent your apostles to proclaim the
Good News to the ends of the earth. Make us and
all Christian people witnesses to your love. Guide
this church and the people of this parish to seek
ever more creative and effective ways of building
your kingdom here.
Lord, fill our lives with your light
Lord Jesus, shine the light of your love and power
into the lives of those we know who live in
darkness, fear, anxiety or grief. Heal the sick,
restore the broken, rescue the lost.
Lord, fill our lives with your light
Our Father, who art in heaven…
Prayer in the style of
the Taizé Community
for Easter 7
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 over 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.
Chant 56 : Sanctum nomen domini
anima mea magnificat – my soul praises
sanctum nomen – the Holy Name
Domini – of the Lord
The numbers refer to the orange booklet of Taizé
Chants which you received as you joined us. This
symbol ♪ indicates that we sing the English
translation provided alongside the music. 
Silence
Opening Silence
A prayer by Brother Roger, founder of the
Taizé Community
Food for Thought in the Silence
Holy Spirit, you breathe upon what is fragile. You
kindle a flame of living charity and love that
remains within us, still alive under the ashes. And
through you, even the fears and the nights of our
heart can become the dawn of a new life.
Silence
Chant 125 : Christe, lux mundi
(Christ, the light of the world)
“In Christian prayer, singing has a central place,
because Christ himself is the one who inspires and
leads it. Raised from death, he breaks into song
(Heb.2:12). The song of Christians bears witness to his
presence; it expresses fellowship with Christ in the
Holy Spirit. When we sing, we cross barriers. Songs of
praise are a way of taking part in the vast cosmic
liturgy of all beings ‘in the heavens, on earth and
beneath the earth’ who confess and sing Christ the
Lord.”
Seek and You Will Find, Taizé
We leave in silence.
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Taizé Prayer 32
Chant 72 : Alleluia 11
(3 times)
Chant 9 : Jésus le Christ ♪
From Psalm 36
Your love, LORD, reaches to the heavens, your
faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like
the highest mountains, your justice like the great
deep. You, LORD, preserve both people and
animals. How priceless is your unfailing love, O
God! People take refuge in the shadow of your
wings. They feast on the abundance of your
house; you give them drink from your river of
delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in
your light we see light.
Silence
In the silence, we entrust ourselves to the God whose
faithfulness and unfailing love constantly surprise us. Then,
drinking from the fountain of life, we sing of his light…
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.
A reading from The Book of Revelation
servants will serve him. They will see his face, and
his name will be on their foreheads. There will be
no more night. They will not need the light of a
lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will
give them light. And they will reign for ever and
ever.
Chant 134 : Seigneur, tu gardes mon âme
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.
Long Silence
For Silent Reflection
“God wants you to be the fullness of what you could
be. You cannot become this if you do not allow Him to
enter into you. You do your feeble search for Him, and
He will do His mighty search for you. ‘Seek and ye
shall find.’ The ‘you’ God seeks may not be the ‘you’
of whom you are aware. It is the essential you, the real
you, the fullness of your potential. The transformation
from one to the other, the realizing of that potential
you, may take a lifetime. Few of us will ever wholly
achieve this complete surrender. But all God needs is
your desire.”
(Saint John’s vision of the new Jerusalem)
Sister Wendy on Prayer, Sr Wendy Beckett
I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord
God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The
city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on
it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb
is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and
the kings of the earth will bring their splendour
into it. On no day will its gates ever be shut, for
there will be no night there. The glory and honour
of the nations will be brought into it. Nothing
impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who
does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those
whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of
life.
Chant 32 : Mon âme se repose ♪
Then the angel showed me the river of the water
of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne
of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the
great street of the city. On each side of the river
stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,
yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of
the tree are for the healing of the nations. No
longer will there be any curse. The throne of God
and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his
Silence
Intercessions
Lord Jesus, after having given your life on the
cross, you entered the glory of the Father. Enable
all people to share in your risen life.
Lord, fill our lives with your light.
In you, Jesus, God made a new covenant with us.
You are with us always, until the end of time. Help
us to trust your presence with us more fully. May
our lives reflect that confidence to others.
Lord, fill our lives with your light.
Jesus, you appeared to your disciples after your
passion. Strengthen our faith by your presence in
our midst.
Lord, fill our lives with your light.