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   January 9th - St. Adrian of Canterbury, OSB, Abbot (AC)   
      
   Born in Africa; died at Canterbury, England, January 9, 710. Saint Adrian   
   became   
   abbot at Nerida near Naples, Italy. Upon the death of Saint Deusdedit, the   
   archbishop of Canterbury (England), Pope Saint Vitalian chose Adrian to   
   replace   
   the bishop because of his great learning and piety. Adrian seemed to be the   
   perfect leader for a nation new in its Christianity. Yet Adrian demurred   
   saying   
   that he was not fitted for such a great dignity. He said that he would find   
   someone else more suited for the task.   
      
   The first substitute was too ill to become archbishop. Again the pope urged   
   the   
   post on Adrian. Again Adrian begged permission to find someone else. At that   
   time a Greek monk from Tarsus named Theodore was in Rome. Adrian nominated   
   Theodore to the pope. Theodore was willing to become archbishop of   
   Canterbury,   
   but only if Adrian agreed to come to England and help him. Adrian readily   
   consented to this compromise. It was agreed that Adrian would accompany   
   Theodore   
   to England as his assistant and adviser. On March 26, 668, Theodore was   
   consecrated archbishop of Canterbury and two months later the two set sail   
   for   
   England.   
      
   They were a perfect team. Theodore appointed Adrian abbot of SS Peter and   
   Paul   
   abbey, afterward called Saint Augustine's, at Canterbury, where he taught   
   Greek   
   and Latin for 39 years. Here Adrian's learning and virtues were best   
   employed.   
   In addition to these languages, Adrian taught poetry, astronomy and math, as   
   well as Scripture and virtue.   
      
   Into the minds of his students, Adrian "poured the waters of wholesome   
   knowledge   
   day by day," according to the Venerable Bede. The school became famous for   
   its   
   teaching and trained such stellars as Saints Aldhelm and Oftfor. Bede   
   records   
   that Saint Adrian was 'very learned in the Holy Scriptures, very experienced   
   in   
   administering the church and the monastery, and a great Greek and Latin   
   scholar.' He also is said to have commented that some of Adrian's students   
   spoke   
   Latin and Greek equally as well as their native languages.   
      
   The abbot also helped the archbishop in his pastoral undertakings. There can   
   be   
   no doubt that the flourishing of the English Church in Theodore's time owed   
   much   
   to Adrian.   
      
   Adrian was known for miracles that helped students in trouble with their   
   masters, and miracles were associated with his tomb in Saint Augustine's   
   Church   
   (Attwater, Benedictines, Bentley, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Gill, Walsh,   
   White).   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   A brother asked Abba Poemen, "Is it better to speak or to be silent?"   
   The old man said to him, "The one who speaks for God's sake does well;   
   but the one who is silent for God's sake also does well."   
   --Abba Poemen.   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me   
   scatters.  Matthew 12:30)   
      
      
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   Look Down Upon Me, Good And Gentle Jesus   
   (En Ego, O Bone Et Dulcissime Iesu)   
      
   Look down upon me, good and gentle Jesus, while before your face I humbly   
   kneel, and with burning soul pray and beseech You to fix deep in my heart   
   lively sentiments of faith, hope and charity, true contrition for my sins,   
   and a firm purpose of amendment, while I contemplate with great love and   
   tender pity your five wounds, pondering over them within me, calling to mind   
   the words which David, your prophet, said of you, my good Jesus: "They have   
   pierced my hands and my feet; they have numbered all my bones" (Ps 21,   
   17-18).   
      
   (Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be,   
   for the Holy Father's intentions.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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