Taize comes to us!

March 9, 2015

Happy Lent! I hope that you have been enjoying the daily devotions on Intent. The multitude of perspectives has been powerful and challenged some of my well-worn patterns. I also like the surprise each morning of seeing what medium (or media) the reflection uses. We and our colleagues are diversely talented.

Worship will be at the normal time: Wednesday at 5:15 PM. We are still in the Chapel. I missed last week, so I can’t tell you whether the wind-tunnel sound effect is a permanent addition based on Saarinen’s original vision. My take from the week we were in the Chapel is that the interior was not much different from the original vision (with the exception of the wind-tunnel sound effects). I understand the moat needed to be sealed to prevent flooding chaplains’ offices, but the only new thing inside is some lights as far as I can tell. Dinner will follow around 6:30 in the Main Dining Room of W11. It will still be delicious.

If you have joined us for worship since at least IAP, we have been singing Taizé chants as our offertory hymns. These chants come from the contemplative worship developed and practiced by the monks of the Taizé community in France. Every year hundreds (if not thousands) of young adults make a pilgrimage to Taizé to immerse themselves in prayer and song. This year, some brothers are making a pilgrimage to us! The brothers will be at MIT on Saturday, April 11. If you want to make a pilgrimage but France is too far, you can join a group organized by Trinity Church, Copley Square, and worship with the brothers in the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York City.

If you are a current student at MIT, please take two seconds to click on this link and confirm that you are a member of LEM. To keep our standing with ASA, we need at least five people to do this. Thanks for your help! Also, if you are already planning to go to the ASA General Body Meeting on Wednesday, I would be happy to let you serve as the proxy for LEM. Let me know so that I can check the right boxes in the on-line database.