Bishop McGuinness High School - Chi Rho Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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We will go unto the Altar of God F0 God who gives ioy to our youtl1 Page 2 From the beginning of life to the end from Baptism to Extreme Unctnon our thoughts and actions the day to day living that we do as Christians invariably centers around the Altar Whether It be only a plain wooden table ln some out of the way church the front of a leep ln Korea or perhaps the huge magnificent Altar at St Peter s Basilica In Rome t still is the place of sacrifice where day after day year after year the body and blood of Jesus Christ is offered ln the dra matic re enactuon of Calvery In this year of 1953 in these troubled times It IS only fitting that our thoughts turn more surely towards the Altar of God There are several reasons for this First of all we are ln a time of war and strife when the something people merely put on and wear to Church each Sunday Prayer and sacrifice are needed The second reason ties in with the first This year Catho hc I-hgh was blessed with a chapel where we could pray and offer our works each day before school In our daily eight o clock Mass Throughout the day we felt the Real Presence as we stopped by for a visit or merely dropped our voices when in the vicinity As the year rolled on we began more and more to realize that God IS real is human IS divine IS warm ns personable IS the one true source of everlasting solace and peace For these reasons the Chu Rho has chosen as its theme this year a quotation from the beginning of the ordinary of the Mass These words have started our school day for nine months as they should begun every day of our lives I will go unto the Altar of God to God who giveth 'oy to my youth . . . I . . I . I I . . I . O , . . . I i . . . I I I - . I . . I . . . I . . . I prevailing philosophy of life is materialism, when God is . . . . . I - I . . I . . . I . I . . . I . I . I . . I . . . . - H 1 . ' ' ll , .

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