No Greater Love: Sources of Taize (Taize)

Taize began in great solitude. Between 1940 and 1942, Brother Roger, on his own and still young, was hiding political refugees while preparing the creation of a monastic community. Fifty years later, the name of Taize is known across the world, and is a synonym for peace, reconciliation and prayer. Week in, week out, thousands of young people go to that small village in Burgundy on pilgrimage. This small book contains what is perhaps the secret of this extraordinary adventure of faith. Christ's love makes those who give their lives to him more human; he makes them welcoming towards everyone. These pages are a kind of personal letter addressed to each reader. As he indicates the essential elements of a life rooted in trust in God. Taize's founder looks for the expression that goes right to the heart of the person he is speaking to. There is not a word in this book that he has not first tested in his own life. Yet he is constantly pursued by one question: 'Have I managed to express clearly enough that God is love alone, never punishes, does not wish anyone to suffer, and loves every single human being without exception?" The book is completely by the text of the address to the brothers by John Paul II during his visit to Taize in October 1986 and a short historical sketch of Taize.