saint of the week

March 28 is the feast of Saint Tutilo.  He lived in the 9th Century.  He was an Irishman who studied to become a Benedictine Monk in Switzerland. (How that came to be is not really documented). This guy had more talent in his little finger, than most of us have in our entire body.  He was an artist, an orator, a sculpter, a poet, a mechanic and a musician.

He could play any instrument.  He regularly wrote music used in their liturgies.  Many of his sculptures can still be found in churches throughout Europe.  Here's the thing though, God gave Tutilo a lot of talent, and Tutilo spent his life giving his talent back to God.  He did what he did NOT for the applause of people, but for the applause of God.

 

I wonder how our world would change if we did the same.

 

jd