• March 28th - St. Tutilo

    From rich@1:396/4 to All on Wed Mar 27 09:01:39 2019
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    March 28th - St. Tutilo

    When St. Gall, the companion of St. Columbanus, died in Switzerland in
    640, a monastery was built over the place of his burial. This became
    the famous monastery of St. Gall, one of the most influential
    monasteries of the Middle Ages and the center of music, art, and
    learning throughout that period.

    About the middle of the ninth century, returning from a visit to Rome,
    an Irishman named Moengul stopped off at the abbey and decided to
    stay, along with a number of Irish companions, among them Tuathal, or
    Tutilo. Moengul was given charge of the abbey schools and he became
    the teacher of Tutilo, Notker, and Radpert, who were distinguished for
    their reaming and their artistic skills. Tutilo, in particular, was a
    universal genius: musician, poet, painter, sculptor, builder,
    goldsmith, head of the monastic school, and composer.

    He was part of the abbey at its greatest, and the influence of Gall
    spread throughout Europe. The Gregorian chant manuscripts from the
    monastery of St. Gall, many of them undoubtedly the work of St.
    Tutilo, are considered among the most authentic and were studied
    carefully when the monks of Solesmes were restoring the tradition of
    Gregorian chant to the Catholic Church. The scribes of St. Gall
    supplied most of the monasteries of Europe with manuscript books of
    Gregorian chant, all of them priceless works of the art of
    illumination. Proof of the Irish influence at St. Gall is a large
    collection of Irish manuscripts at the abbey dating from the seventh,
    eighth, and ninth centuries.

    Tutilo was known to be handsome, eloquent, and quick-witted, who
    brought something of the Irish love of learning and the arts to St.
    Gall. He died in 915 at the height of the abbey's influence,
    remembered as a great teacher, a dedicated monk, and a competent
    scholar.

    Thought for the Day: Beauty is one of the names of God, and we often
    forget that the cultivation of beauty can give glory to God. "O Lord,
    I have loved the beauty of Your house and the place where Your glory
    dwells." St. Tutilo loved God deeply and expressed it in a thousand
    beautiful ways, leading many people to God. Beautiful things can lift
    our minds to God.

    Taken from "The One Year Book of Saints" by Rev. Clifford Stevens
    published by Our Sunday Visitor
    Publishing Division, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc., Huntington, IN 46750.


    Bible Quote:
    And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will
    build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
    And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And
    whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in
    heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed
    also in heaven.=C2 [Matt. 16: 18-20]


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    Almighty God, give us wisdom to perceive you,
    intellect to understand you,
    diligence to seek you, patience to wait for you,
    eyes to behold you, a heart
    to meditate upon you and life to proclaim you,
    through the power of the
    Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ.

    Attributed to St. Benedict (480-543)

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  • From rich@1:396/4 to All on Fri Mar 27 09:01:13 2020
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    March 28th - St. Tutilo

    Tutilo was born in the mid-9th century and was educated at the
    Benedictine monastery of Saint-Gall in Switzerland. He was blessed
    with tremendous intellectual abilities and talents. After schooling he
    entered the monastery of St. Gall.

    Tutilo was appointed head of the cloister school and has been
    described as a handsome, quick-witted and eloquent teacher. He was a
    talented poet and orator as well as an architect, mechanic, metal
    worker, painter and sculptor.

    He is perhaps best known for his musical talents. According to
    tradition, he was an accomplished musician and was able to play and
    teach all of the instruments in the monastery. He, and a fellow monk,
    Bl. Notker Balbulus, are said to have written several Alleluia
    versicles as well as many sequences. Although he is not the one
    believed to have invented tropes, he wrote several.

    Tutilo was also known for his artistic abilities as a painter and he
    had several exhibits of his work, some of which are said to still be
    seen in Constance, Metz, Saint-Gall and Mainz. Despite his popularity,
    Tutilo strove to maintain a low profile and avoided publicity as much
    as possible.

    Unfortunately, of all the poetry and musical works that he is credited
    with, only three brief elegies and one hymn have been printed. He died
    about the year 915 and was buried in St. Catherine's Chapel which was
    later named St. Tutilo's in his honor.


    Quote:
    "Do not be always wanting everything to turn out as you think it
    should, but rather as God pleases, then you will be undisturbed and
    thankful in your prayer."
    --Abba Nilus

    Bible Quote
    The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which
    a man having found, hid it, and for joy thereof goeth, and selleth all
    that he hath, and buyeth that field. (Matthew 13:44


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    Mary receives both a crown of joy and a cross of sorrow

    Simeon blessed Mary and Joseph and he prophesied to Mary about the
    destiny of this child and the suffering she would undergo for his
    sake. There is a certain paradox for those blessed by the Lord.=C2 Mary
    was given the blessedness of being the mother of the Son of God. That blessedness also would become a sword which pierced her heart as her
    Son died upon the cross. She received both a crown of joy and a cross
    of sorrow. But her joy was not diminished by her sorrow because it was
    fueled by her faith, hope, and trust in God and his promises. Jesus
    promised his disciples that "no one will take your joy from you" (John
    16:22). The Lord gives us a supernatural joy which enables us to bear
    any sorrow or pain and which neither life nor death can take way.=C2 Do
    you know the peace and joy of a life surrendered to God with faith and
    trust?

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  • From rich@1:396/4 to All on Sat Mar 27 10:15:10 2021
    From: rich <richarra@gmail.com>

    March 28th - St. Tutilo

    Tutilo was born in the mid-9th century and was educated at the
    Benedictine monastery of Saint-Gall in Switzerland. He was blessed
    with tremendous intellectual abilities and talents. After schooling he
    entered the monastery of St. Gall.

    Tutilo was appointed head of the cloister school and has been
    described as a handsome, quick-witted and eloquent teacher. He was a
    talented poet and orator as well as an architect, mechanic, metal
    worker, painter and sculptor.

    He is perhaps best known for his musical talents. According to
    tradition, he was an accomplished musician and was able to play and
    teach all of the instruments in the monastery. He, and a fellow monk,
    Bl. Notker Balbulus, are said to have written several Alleluia
    versicles as well as many sequences. Although he is not the one
    believed to have invented tropes, he wrote several.

    Tutilo was also known for his artistic abilities as a painter and he
    had several exhibits of his work, some of which are said to still be
    seen in Constance, Metz, Saint-Gall and Mainz. Despite his popularity,
    Tutilo strove to maintain a low profile and avoided publicity as much
    as possible.

    Unfortunately, of all the poetry and musical works that he is credited
    with, only three brief elegies and one hymn have been printed. He died
    about the year 915 and was buried in St. Catherine's Chapel which was
    later named St. Tutilo's in his honor.

    Reflection. It is in vain that we bear the name of Christians, or
    pretend to follow Christ, if we do not carry well our crosses after
    Him. It is in vain that we hope to share in His glory, and in His
    kingdom, if we accept not the condition. We cannot arrive at heaven by
    any other road but that followed by Christ, who bequeathed His cross
    to all His elect as their portion and inheritance in this world.


    Quote:
    "Do not be always wanting everything to turn out as you think it
    should, but rather as God pleases, then you will be undisturbed and
    thankful in your prayer."
    --Abba Nilus


    Bible Quote:
    And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will
    build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
    And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And
    whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in
    heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed
    also in heaven.=C2 [Matt. 16: 18-20]

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    Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself.=C2 (Matthew 16:24)

    "The life of our flesh is the delight of sensuality; its death is to
    take from it all sensible delight. The life of our judgment and our
    will is to dispose of ourselves and what is ours, according to our own
    views and wishes; their death, then, is to submit ourselves in all
    things to the judgment and will of others. The life of the desire for
    esteem and respect is to be well thought of by everyone; its death,
    therefore, is to hide ourselves so as not to be known, by means of
    continual acts of humility and self-abasement. Until one succeeds in
    dying in this manner, he will never be a servant of God, nor will God
    ever perfectly live in him"
    --St. Mary Magdalen de' Pazzi

    With great frankness this beautiful soul expressed to others so lofty
    a sentiment, because she knew that it was precisely in this way that,
    to her infinite profit, she had attained to the death of her own
    flesh, her own judgment and will, and her own human respect; of her
    own flesh, which she never ceased to treat with the greatest harshness
    and rigor; of her own judgment and will, which she always strove to
    keep subject to, and dependent upon, others; of her human respect, by
    abhorring and avoiding constantly every occasion of being honored and
    esteemed.

    (Taken from the book "A Year with the Saints".=C2 March - Mortification)

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