Meditations by Brother Matthew

Easter 2024: Let us dare to believe in the sign of the empty tomb

Thank you for coming to Taizé with us this week to walk together with Jesus, who gave his life for us all out of love, and who shows us that this love is stronger than death. That is what we are celebrating these days. Not even the torture of the Cross, not even the abandonment by those closest to him, could divert him from his desire to make us understand that God loves every person (...)

1 April

A foretaste of spring at Taizé

Thursday 15 February 2024 What a joy to welcome you all this week in such great numbers. Many of you have had a long journey from Portugal. You are waking us up from our winter to bring us the warmth of the south and hasten the arrival of spring in our northern lands! You’re among the first to visit us this year and so you’re preparing us for the Easter and summer meetings to come. Thank you (...)

16 February

1st Sunday of Advent 2023

Today is Advent Sunday, the first Sunday of the liturgical year. This season is given to us to prepare us to welcome the birth of Jesus, the coming of God to be among us. It is a time given to each one of us to get ready inwardly to receive God’s newness in our lives, to let the Holy Spirit bring to birth in us intuitions, projects, and the courage to go forward on the path that is before us. (...)

5 December 2023