The Taizé religious community in France, founded during the distress of 1940 and World War II, to be a place where “kindness of heart would be lived out concretely and where love would be at the heart of everything.”  This means worship through meditative singing, readings, silence and prayer — with each of these elements intended to invite us to simply listen to God. The hope is that people at peace within themselves will spread peace in the world.