The spirit of poverty is to live in the gladness of each day. If for God there is generosity in providing the good things of the earth, for human beings there is grace in giving what they have received.THE RULE OF TAIZE (SPCK, 2012)Loving God is not a privilege of the chosen people; it is God’s free gift to all of us, the destiny of all of us since before time began. We must resist the spirit of destructiveness that is within us all and we must do so wholeheartedly; that is why we must constantly be surrendering our lives to the Spirit of love, of compassion and of peace, which dwells within us and around us. Our devious human hearts will constantly persuade us that our first duty is individual self-protection and the protection of our group, whatever it may be, whether religious or