Catholic Central High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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ehmnnoclc 1 A 'we Can Pay I .fbefrl By JOHN H MORRIS Man was created by God for God Our prlmary duty In the world IS to obey love and serve God and not to make provlslon for our physical intellectual and emotional needs The things of God must take precedence over the things of this world Seek ye first the kingdom of God and Hrs lustlce To attaln the purpose of our creation we must render to God the things that belong to God we must render to God the worship due to Hum God IS our creator we are His creatures He IS our Master and Sovereign Lord we are Hrs sublects God IS Infinite we are finlte To the mfimte God our Creator and Sovereign Master we owe adequate homage and adoration Left to himself finite puny man could not render to the infinite God the worship to which He IS entitled but when our Dnvme Saviour instituted the Sacrifice of the Mass He gave to us a per fect form of worship He made It possible for us to pay to God a homage worthy of God The priest standmg at the altar by has God given power changes bread and wine Into the body and blood of Christ After the consecra tion there as present upon the altar no longer the substance of bread and wme but under the appearance of bread and wlne Jesus Chrlst the God man with His body and blood His soul and dlvlnlty Just as on Calvary heights our Divine Saviour offered Himself as a victim to Hrs eternal father for the redemption of mankind so taking up his abode upon the altar at the budding of the priest he oHers Himself In sacrifice to Hrs Eternal Father for the salvation of men glvmg to His Father Infinite honor and glory paymg to His Father a homage really worthy of God The prayers sold throughout a lifetime by a samtly priest give less glory to God than one Mass All the prayers sand by the saints on earth smce the creation of the world all the praise rendered to God by the angels In heaven smce the beglnnlng of time give less glory to God than one Mass Why? Because ln the Mass It IS not a mere human priest praying not a mere saint not a mere angel In the Mass Jesus Christ the Godman offers Himself In sacrifice to Has Eternal Father rendering to Hum Infinite honor and glory God IS not only our creator and Sovereign Master He also is our best friend and greatest benefactor To Hum we owe our existence all that we are all that we possess He has bestowed upon us graces and blessings beyond number or measure To our greatest benefactor we are bound to render adequate thanksgiving But how can we finite sinful creatures who have nothing that we have not received from God make to Hum a return for all He has given us? It would seem impossible and yet our Divine Savior has made it possible In the Sacrifice of the Mass What shall l render to the Lord for all He has given me? I shall take the chalice of Salvation and call upon the name of the Lord In the Mass we can offer to God a gift mfinltely precious a gift worthy of God we can offer God Himself to God The Mass as not only a sacrifice of adoration but also a sacrifice of thanksgiving nn which we can fully discharge our debt of gratitude to God Although God IS our creator our master our greatest benefactor we have rebelled against Hrs authority we have refused to obey His laws we have offended Hum by sm Now we see our folly we are sorry we would like to regain Hls friendship we would like to make reparation to Hls offended malesty But how can we lnslgnlficant creatures who have defied the authority of flonluzued on paqe ah Eleven i l 1 9 4 O h ' l . . . U W 1 ,, . . 11 . . . ,, , . . . H . . . . ,, . - u - 11 1 , . 1 . , . 1 1 1 1 I - 1 1 - I I 1 - 1 . . , , . 1 - 1 1 ' - 1 -1 f ' . ,, . . . , . 1 I 1 I I ' 1 1 I - 1 , . -

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ESIWKIHDROCIQ e lleell J Olfllflllll By EDWIN KLUTE When Stamslaus was but a youth of fourteen his par ents solicutous that he be given an education In keepmg with their high standards of piety sent him with his elder brother Paul to the Catholic college at Vienna Here his natural sanctity was nourished by the priests and strengthened to endure the trials which presented them selves Stamslaus his brother, and several other students lodged at the home of a violent Lutheran The holy youth was a frequent communicant and heard two masses daily Never did he enter or leave the school without a visit to his God nn the Blessed Sacrament To this devotion was lolned a love for the Blessed Mother These manifestations of his holiness caused antipathy towards him on the part of his brother and the other stu dents who were neglectful of the Sacraments and given to a dissipated manner of living By his companions Stanls laus was scoffed at reviled and often beaten After more than a year of such treatment he fell ser: ously :II and was refused the Sacraments by his Lutheran landlord When the end seemed near St Barbara to whom he had a special devotion and two angels bearing the Eucharist appeared He received his Lord with great heaven Suddenly the Blessed Mother with the Holy In fant stood before hum and placing the Child in his arms told him that he should become a religious Immediately he recovered and set about to execute this command of his Queen Bravlng the fiery ire of his father he set off In beggar s weeds for Dllllngen IH Northern Ger many to that noted guide of youth St Peter Canisius who he has been told would help ham Father Canisius mark mg his virtues sent him on to Rome with the highest recommendations In October 1568 Stamslaus became a novice of the Society of Jesus Ten months of striving to do all perfectly and weakened by the fervour of his mortificatnons his strength gave way On the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary his soul passed into her arms where he desired so ardently that at should be It is true that the lives of many saints seem for beyond our emulation Stamslaus Kostko s sanctity was derived from two inseparable sources The youth of today can ap proach these fountain heads of grace as easily and as often as he for they are but devotion to Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar and the love of the Virgin Mary Most Pure 1 I Q 4 O l 2311 ' C d I - , I I ' ' I 0 I ' , . I - . I . . , . , I I tenderness, believing that he would soon be with Him in - 1 I . ' I I . . . . I I ' I - I ' ' ' I I I . Q . . I - , , I I , I I I . . ' I rw rr