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   July 30th - St. Tatwin of Canterbury, OSB B (AC)   
   (Also known as Tatuini, Tadwinus)   
      
   Died July 30, 734. Saint Tatwin, a monk of Bredon (Brenton) in   
   Worcestershire,   
   was described by Saint Bede as a man of remarkable prudence, devotion, and   
   learning. At the recommendation of the Mercian King Ethelbald, Tatwin was   
   chosen   
   to succeed Saint Brithwald as archbishop of Canterbury in 731 and received   
   the   
   pallium in 733. Thereafter he consecrated bishops for Lindsey (Lincolnshire)   
   and   
   Selsey (West Sussex), which are the only recorded acts of his episcopacy.   
      
   He did, however, leave behind several works including Riddles (Enigmata),   
   consisting of 40 acrostics similar to those of Saint Aldhelm. They treat of   
   such   
   diverse subjects as philosophy, charity, the alphabet, the pen, scissors,   
   and   
   swords. His Grammar (Ars Tatwini) expands upon that of Consentius and   
   borrows   
   from Donatus, Priscian, and other sources.   
      
   Tatwin was buried in the abbey church of Saint Augustine at Canterbury, and   
   received an unofficial cultus. His relics, as well as the others buried   
   there,   
   were translated in 1091 when the church was enlarged. The epitaph on his   
   tomb   
   praised him for the same qualities described by Bede (Benedictines, Farmer).   
      
   "Vir religione et Prudentia insignis,   
   sacris quoque literis nobiliter instructus"   
   (a man notable for his prudence, devotion and learning).   
      
   Another Version   
      
      
   July 30th - St. Tatwin, Archbishop of Canterbury   
   (Died AD 734)   
      
   Tatwin, by birth a Mercian, entered the Monastery of Breedon-on-the-Hill in   
   Leicestershire.   
      
   In AD 731, Tatwin was promoted to the See of Canterbury, through the   
   influence   
   of King Aethelbald of Mercia, and was consecrated on 10th June. Bede   
   concluded   
   his Ecclesiastical History in the same year. Of Tatwin, he says that he was   
   vir   
   religione et Prudentia insignis, sacris quoque literis nobiliter instructus   
   (a   
   man notable for his prudence, devotion and learning). This is clearing shown   
   in   
   the two surviving manuscripts of his Riddles and four of his Grammar. The   
   former   
   deal with such diverse topics as philosophy & charity, the five senses & the   
   alphabet and a book & a pen.   
      
   His short archiepiscopate of three years seems to have been uneventful.   
   Though   
   he is known to have consecrated Bishops of Lindsey and of Selsey in AD 733.   
   He   
   died the following year.   
      
   Edited from G.M. Bevan's "Portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury"   
   (1908).   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   On behalf of Christ crucified I tell you: refuse to believe the counsels of   
   the   
   devil, who would hinder your holy and good resolution. Be manly in my sight,   
   and   
   not timorous. Answer God, who calls you to hold and possess the seat of the   
   glorious Shepherd St. Peter, whose vicar you have been. And raise the   
   standard   
   of the holy Cross.   
   --Saint Catherine of Siena to Pope Gregory XI   
      
   Bible Quote   
   Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and   
   offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.   
   For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own   
   belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the   
   simple. (Romans 16:17-18)   
      
      
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   NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART   
      
   In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy   
   Ghost. R. Amen.   
      
   Lord Jesus, Who have deigned to open by Thy special love   
   the unutterable goodness and riches of Thy Heart to Thy   
   Bride, the Church: grant to us, Thy servants, that we may   
   merit to be enriched and refreshed by Thy heavenly graces,   
   flowing from this sweetest of fountains.   
      
   R. Amen.   
      
   V. Heart of Jesus, burning with love for us.  R. Set our hearts   
   on fire with love of Thee.   
      
   O Lord Jesus Christ, Who have said: Ask and you shall   
   receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened   
   unto you; mercifully attend to our supplications, and grant us   
   the gift of Thy divine charity, that we may ever love Thee   
   with our whole heart and with all our words and deeds, and   
   may never cease from praising Thee.   
      
   R. Amen.  (pause here to make petitions to the Sacred Heart)   
      
   V. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, most obedient to the will of the   
   Father.  R. Incline our hearts to Thee, that we may do always   
   what is pleasing to Thee.   
      
   O Divine Heart of Jesus, grant, we pray Thee, eternal rest to   
   the souls in purgatory, final grace to those who are about to   
   die, true repentance to sinners, the light of faith to non-   
   Christians, and Thy blessing to us and all who are dear to us.   
   To Thee, therefore, we commend all these souls, and in their   
   behalf we offer unto Thee all the merits of Thy Sacred Heart.   
      
   R. Amen.   
      
   V. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, thirsting for our salvation.   
   R. Recall us sinners to Thy Heart, that we may not die in our   
   sins.   
      
   Let us pray.   
      
   O God, Who dost deign mercifully to bestow upon us the   
   infinite treasures of love in the Heart of Thy Son, which was   
   wounded for our sins; grant, we beseech Thee, that we who   
   pay Him the devout homage of our piety may in like manner   
   show unto Thee our due of worthy satisfaction.  Through the   
   same Christ our Lord.  R. Amen.   
      
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