15 Days of Prayer with Brother Roger of Taize

by Sabine Laplane

Overview

Brother Roger (1915-2005) founded the ecumenical Taizé Community in France, which continues to welcome tens of thousands of young adult pilgrims each year from across the world. The Community is familiar to the faithful of many denominations, who use Taizé's meditative songs in their worship.

Above all else Brother Roger strived not to be a spiritual master or teacher of methods of prayer and meditation but a listener. So this book presents not a program of prayer but an itinerary through the insights at the heart of Brother Roger's life of prayer and of action, telling the story of the Taizé Community along the way. It allows readers to know and to pray with a figure who touched thousands of lives and helped, as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said, "Change the whole climate of a religious culture."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565483491
Publisher:	New City Press NY
Publication date:	07/10/2010
Series:	15 Days of Prayer
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	4.50(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Sabine Laplane, a member of the Apostolic Community of Saint Francis Xavier, knew Brother Roger personally and remains a friend of Taizé. The Taizé brothers themselves encouraged her to write this book.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book 7

Abbreviations 11

Chronology of Brother Roger's Life 13

Brother Roger of Taizé (1915-2005) 19

1 The Humble Sign of a Community 27

2 In Our Darkness, Kindle the Flame that Never Dies Away 34

3 Returning to the Spirit of Childhood 41

4 God Is Love Alone 48

5 A Yes for a Lifetime 55

6 Happy the Simple-Hearted! 62

7 Living God's Today 69

8 A Path Opens 76

9 A Mystery of Communion 83

10 Struggle and Contemplation 90

11 Kindness of Heart 97

12 Each of Us Has a Pastoral Gift 105

13 A Passionate Waiting 112

14 A Wider Outlook 119

15 Pilgrimage of Trust 126

For Further Reading 133

Editorial Reviews

In a brief but sensitive biography of Brother Roger Schutz, with selections from his writings, Laplane offers a fine introduction to the founder of Taize.... Brother Roger stressed simplicity and beauty of life, rather than glorifying poverty in a way that could induce feelings of gulit.... Assailed by doubts all during his life, he knew how to encourage those who came with their own doubts and questions.' --(Lenora Black, OSB, Spirit & Life)

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