Taizé prayer was founded in Taizé, France, where, in the 1940s, Brother Roger Schutz founded an ecumenical community dedicated to reconciliation and peace. This quiet, moving, reflective prayer combines elements of the Church's traditional Liturgy of the Hours with elements of contemplative meditation. A typical Taizé prayer service incorporates periods of silence with meditative readings from Scripture, prayers of praise and intercession, and the frequent repetition of simple, contemporary chants based on the Psalms or other parts of Scripture. It is an invitation to all seekers of spiritual enrichment to partake in this sacred journey of reflection, contemplation, and communal worship.