Blessed Notker Balbulbus

Notker had been very sick as a child, but with God's help he survived through his childhood. When he was old enough he followed the call God had placed on his heart and he became a Benedictine monk at the Abbey of Saint Gall. All his life, he talked with a stammer (which means it is hard to say the words you want to say) but he was never discouraged. He accepted himself the way he was, because it was the way that God had made him. Many people admired this about him and this humility made him very well-liked. Notker became friends with two other monks at the abbey, Tutilo (who also became a Saint) and Radpert. They were all very good musicians and used their talents to make beautiful music to worship God.