What is Taizé Prayer?
Repetitive sung prayer
The characteristic of Taizé worship that is most familiar the use of a kind of repetitive prayer set to simple musical lines. Repetition is not a new phenomenon nor unique to Taizé. What is unique to the prayer of Taizé is the adaptation of the repetitive form to simple musical lines and core biblical texts that can be sung by a whole assembly of various nationalities, languages, and denominations.
Silence
Another characteristic of Taizé worship that has been a welcome gift to Episcopal worship is its generous use of silence. Like repetition, the use of silence in worship has a rich history that many modern Christians no longer experience. It is not necessary to fill every moment with words or music, and it can be meaningful to have time to pray silently in the presence of others, or simply to sit (or kneel) in the presence of God.
St. Christopher Episcopal Mission is a Cuenca-based Christian faith community formed in 2019, as the first English-language Episcopal congregation in South America.
All are welcome at St. Christopher’s regardless of their faith tradition.
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