Taizé was LIVE!
March 25, 2020
In light of the Diocese of Rockford's suspension of all non-sacramental events at parishes, you can't attend our Taizé services in the church. But, you are still able to experience the peace of Taizé in your home.
You will need a Facebook account to view it live. Or you can watch the recording of our livestream on Youtube. We'll send the link as soon as we are able to do so tonight!
With music, prayer, silence and reflection, Taizé (pronounced ‘tay-zay’) will bring calm to your soul and provide you strength for the days ahead. Find a quiet place in your home. Bring a few candles with you. Then open your heart and your mind. Read one of the meditations at the beginning of each silent moment.
And we begin . . .
As we gather in silence, please light your candle(s). Let the light that each of us catches from this time of waiting, bring peace to our hearts and to our suffering world.
We thank you for sharing your faith journey with us in this peaceful hour of reflection. Meditation is a key that can open many doors along the path to God. We tend to be so outer-focused that we lose track of the real path, which is the inner journey to a personal relationship with our Lord.
In the silence of the heart God speaks.
If you face God in prayer and silence,
God will speak to you.
- from ‘No Greater Love’ by Mother Teresa
Meditation Reflection
Silent Meditation is the inner prayer of the heart where we are simply being with God. In silence we humbly accept that God knows our needs, we trust in his love which created us, and persevere with the knowledge that his love will eventually complete us.
Meditation Reflection
The conscious mind, with its worrying and negative beliefs, is the cause of our material predicament. Inside and behind this worrying process, the perfection and abundance of the divine realm is persistently trying to press itself into our minds and lives. If we still this mind, then we get out of the way and allow the grandeur of God to enter our existence.
Meditation Reflection
Our agitated mind is constantly dwelling on the past, reacting to some event in our world or preoccupied with fears and concerns about the future. Stilling the mind allows our little self, our worries and concerns, to take a break. If this little self can get quiet, our true Self can emerge.God can express Himself in our world.
Meditation Reflection
Worries and concerns of our fearful self, like wind on a lake, keep things stirred up and keep us removed from our peaceful self. Anxiety, fear and anger are unproductive protective mechanisms that keep peace at a distance in our world. Taking a break from these primitive defenses is possible. We just have to allow it.
The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.
-Exodus 14:14