Aquinas High School - Trumpet Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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0 Lord, permit us here to raise our voice, And waft before Thy throne our feeble praise, And thank Thee for those angels whom Thy choice Hath lent our weakness to direct its ways, And free us from the envious foes that lurk To spoil the beauty of Thy cherished work. M atins Page S .AL Mb

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E. Tig In the first circles, they whom thou lzeholdest Are Seraphim and Cheruhim . . . Those That round them fleet, gazing the Godhead next, Are Thrones, in whom the first trine ends. And All are blessed even as their sight descends Deeper into the Truth. Paradiso In the glorious ranks of God's angelic army, the Seraphim perform an im- portant function. Their love keeps them closest to God Himself, serving and glori- fying none other than the Lord of Hosts. We truly find the same intense love of God in our two beloved bishops to whom God has bequeathed the superior duties of earthly seraphim. Serving God as messengers with the alternate seraphim are the Cherubim who praise and lorify God, representing His Divine Wissom and bespeaking His voice. In mortal comparison are our priests, through whom is incessantly heard the voice of God. Living in close union with God are the Thrones whose chief characteristic is obedience to His Will and the bearing of Him to other creatures. In poetical beauty we wish to think of our beloved teachers as these messengers of God who give their all in submission to God's Almighty pleasure.