Our Lady of Angels High School - Amaranth Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Q! PQWK Page Im Q52 4o49d-Me-Nah n old German song of parting has a line that runs: Blue grows a flow'ret that is called for- get-me-notg this flow'ret lay upon thy heart, and think of me. It's easily understandable, therefore, why you have cho- sen this flower to idealize yourselves in this, your Amaranth! However, it is one of life's minor tragedies that we are soon forgotten after we are gone. No one can change that fact. Yet, wherever there are grounds for love and loyalty, we invariably hope that somehow an exception will be made in our behalf. But alas! There is only One who can never forget usg and that is God. Wherefore, it is safe to say that wherever two hearts are most intimately united in God, there, and there only, is the least danger of being forgotten. For the long memory of God seems to shed some of its warm rays of remembrance upon such lives! All human endeavors fail of their purpose unless they are made to flower by the grace of God. Your education is no exception, indeed, what makes it Catholic is that very idea. Lest you forget, there was introduced into your senior year a new and inspiring textbook in Religion. Your 'Quest for Happiness' has now passed the acedemic stage, and there's much to be done in striving 'Toward that Eternal Com- mencement'. If you would be happy and successful in your quest there are certain things you must not forget under

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REVEREND EDWIN SCHICK, O.F.NI Chaplain

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penalty of being forgotten by God Himself! Picture it in this wise- God the Father gives you a flower and says: It's a for- get-ME-not! Forget not my love toward you in creating you. Only by Faith in Me will you realize that you are more than dust! God the Son gives you a flower and says: It,s a forget- ME-not! Forget not My love toward you in redeeming you! Only by Hope in Me will you live a life that isn't bowed down completely in the dust! God the Holy Ghost gives you a flower and says: It's a forget-ME-not! Forget not My love toward you in sancti- fying you! Only by Charity operating in Me will you be able to deify the dust and make it deserving to rise again when the dust of the saints is regathered in the kingdom of God!', Finally, there,s the Lady whose raiment is the very color of the forget-me-not she hands to you, and who says: For- get-ME-not, if you have any ambitions to remake this world so that it will more perfectly become the kingdom of God on earth! I helped so much towards that end when I was here in this world. You have reaped the fruits of my presence. Now it's your turn to let the world reap the fruits of yours! Take my advice and use the same tactics that I used. If you do, I guarantee that there will be stars on your head, and a new and better world at your feet! FATHER EDWIN SCHICK, O.F.M. Chaplain.