Join us for Taizé Prayer on the following Wednesday evenings at 7:00 PM in the Saint Joseph’s Chapel:

Join us on Wednesday Evenings at 7:00 PM for this beautiful and meditative form of prayer, inspired by the community of Taizé in France. The repetitive chants offer a peaceful and reverent quiet, which can lead to contemplation. These evenings of prayer take place in the St. Joseph’s Chapel at the Oblate Renewal Center, and last approximately an hour.

During “Ordinary” time, we meet on the first Wednesday of each month. During Advent and Lent, we meet weekly.

We welcome musicians to bring voices and instruments. There is a free will offering. For more information, please call the Oblate Renewal Center at 210- 349-4173.

Singing is one of the most essential elements of worship. The Taizé songs are repeated again and again, giving the music a meditative character. Using just a few words they express a basic reality of faith, quickly grasped by the mind. As the words are sung over many times, this reality gradually penetrates the whole being. Meditative singing thus becomes a way of listening to God. It allows everyone to take part in a time of prayer together and to remain together in attentive waiting on God, without having to fix the length of time too exactly.

To open the gates of trust in God, nothing can replace the beauty of human voices united in song. This beauty can give us a glimpse of “heaven’s joy on earth,” as Eastern Christians put it. And an inner life begins to blossom within us.

The songs of Taizé also sustain personal prayer. Through them, little by little, our being finds an inner unity in God. They can continue in the silence of our hearts when we are at work, speaking with others or resting. In this way prayer and daily life are united. They allow us to keep on praying even when we are unaware of it, in the silence of our hearts.

For additional information on Taizé Prayer, please visit www.taize.org.

We welcome musicians to bring voices and instruments. There is a free will offering. For more information, call the Oblate Renewal Center at (210) 349-4173 ext. 525.