15 Days of Prayer with Brother Roger of Taize (15 Days of Prayer (New City Press))
'My first acquaintance with the spirituality of Brother Roger and the Taize Community he founded was about fifty years ago. I was impressed then with his characteristic spirit and his explanation of the call to a life of vowing to place God at the center of life. The brief chapters in this one of a series of books on prayer utilize quotes from his talks and his writings, and each one ends with one of the chants for which Taize is so well known. The opening quote sets the stage: 'And you, are you going to be someone who will open up the ways of trust in God?' At age eighty, he wrote, 'If at each dawn, we were able to welcome the new day like a beginning of new life...' And so it was for him, when in 2005, at ninety, he was murdered at the end of evening prayer. Would that we might imitate his fidelity and trust in God! This is a book to be cherished and read again and again!' --Colette Hanlon, SC,Catholic Library World'In a brief but sensitive biography of Brother Roger Schutz, with selections from his writings, Laplane offers a fine introduction to the founder of Taize.... Brother Roger stressed simplicity and beauty of life, rather than glorifying poverty in a way that could induce feelings of gulit.... Assailed by doubts all during his life, he knew how to encourage those who came with their own doubts and questions.' --Lenora Black, OSB,Spirit & Life