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

Page 9 text:

As manic, thoughts turn to heaven, his eyes invariably turn to the sky. That vast expanse of blue holds the promise of thrilling closeness to the Infinite. It would seem that in manis attempts to conquer space, he is only trying to diminish that dis- tance between himself and God. History is filled with marfs unending search for happiness, which on earth is so incomplete and imperfect. YetJ man need not hang his hat on the stars to End bliss. Closer to home, there is a simple method, best expounded by the great, gentle St. Francis of Assisi. He found his perfect joy e in serving God. How well do our hands transmit this idea! With them, we serve God, our neighbors, and ourselves. They are the symbols, the outward expression of the physical drama of work, the mental drive of thought. We have chosen this most important part of usa our hands, for the theme of our 1959 AMARANTH: our parents? handst mapped with the lines of unselhshness; the gesturing hands of our teachers; hands streaked with the power of paint, food, chemicals, dressmakers, Chalk; the smarting hands of athletes, cheered on by the roaring admiration of the spectators; hands grasping each other in friendship. In the midst of our daily confusion here on earth, as we comb the satellites from our hair, as the Communists engrave our names on tombstones, and as the various mon- sters invade us from the realms of the silver screen, we need such constant reminders as our hands to assure contact with the Almighty God Who made us and XVho loves us.