Immaculata Academy - Lilium Convallium Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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oush all the ages, Marv, ception. tions, the homeland, our slumber, 5 our people, ls Mother, gin Mary, inception. lC'l' 0f the God-Man exult's' 1111131: 1 how our souls thnll mtd f. 'hurch in her Liturgy an 13 LILIUM CONVALLIUM In the words of the prohpet we are told: ttShe is the glory of Jerusalem, the joy of Israel, the honor of our people? Yea, and she is itthe lily among thorns the most beautiful among women? and though ttmany daughters have gathered riches she had surpassed them all. When she passeth she diffuseth a perfume as of roses in the days of spring, and as lilies 0n the banks of the water? But, ttWho is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh and frankincense and of all the powders of the perfumeriw From her own lips we hear reply: tt1 am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope? Ah! she it is of Whom the Creator of Heaven and earth. Himself with loving compla- cency, in the words of the Canticle, says: ttThou are all fair, 0 my love! and there is no spot in thee? She is ttthe Queen that stood on His right hand in gilded clothing surrounded With variety? ' Aye, she is the fair Aurora 0f the Sun of Justice; the ttperfect one,, of whom Isaiah said: ttBehold, a Virgin shall conceive and shall bear a Son and His Name shall be called Em- manuel?-Clara Jacques, i17.

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LILIUM CONVALLIUM iiHe Who is Mighty Hath Done Great Things for Me, and Holy is His Nameii itHoly Church in psalms of beauty. Praises Mary, ever Virgin, Sings the great and glorious Mother Of High God, the Word incarnate. Sings one marvellous exemption From the lot of fallen nature, Sings the highest theme of graces, The Immaculate Conception. Holiest of Gods creatures, Sings the Church through all the ages, Is the Blessed Virgin Marv, The Immaculate Conception. In America, the golden, ,In the greatest of the nations, Holy Church throughout the homeland, Honors Mary as her patron. And the sweetest invocation, tWlVithout Sin goes on unceasing, As the light that falls from Heaven, As the shade that wraps our slumber, Dear as freedom to our people, Is devotion to Godis Mother, T0 the Blessed Virgin Mary, The Immaculate Conception? How the heart of every lover of the Mother of the God-Vlan exults in the glorious things that are said of our Immaculate Oueen! And how our souls thrill with wondering venera- tion, as we listen to the Voice of Christis Church in her Liturgy and ponder on these things in our heart! A note of triumph is struck in the sweet mandate: tiArise, shine, for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee? But, lest the full effulgence break upon us and dazzle us with its splendor, in slow and gentle questioning, like the dim starlight creeping through the nighfs purple depths, we catch gleams of Maryis surpassing gl'andeul's, as one by one the orbs of her incomparable perfection rise in the frmament of her glory. ttMy dove, my undefiled, is but one. There is none like to thee, 0 Mary! Thou art the only ttOnef blessed Mother! The Voice of the Church asks: ttVVho is this only one? Does she not know? Ah! well does she know, and well does she sing in love tremulous of joy; just as one asks again and again for some sweet assurance, not to be more assured but to delight anew in the sound of words that are music to the ear. Come, then, and be delighted with the inspired word. Yes, we come to listen to the Voice of Holy Church as she asks in her Office: gWho is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array? We pause for answer. Holy Church gives it in her chants, telling us: ttShe is the blessed one, blessed by the Lord the most high God, above all the women upon the earth? A great sign has appeared in the heavensattA woman clothed with the sun, the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars? 0 marvelous sight! Wondrous Woman! XVho is she thus beheld in the Apocalypse, with the glory of sun and moon and stars? ' 8

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LILIUM CONVALLIUM MOST REV. A. CHRISTIE, D. D. The Blue a Archbishop of Oregon. High praise Immacula Loud her praises 1: Toher feet with heal Captured trophies 1 Loyalnow and loyal 1 Always fighting f 01 Let us give our best e To uplift the Blue How we love thee, Ah How our hearts are As we think how thOI And thy name is In God of schools, as we Keep Immaculatzfs Farbeyond men,s ex; Father, bless the W REV. V. A. DALY. Pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish.