St Joseph Notre Dame High School - Reflections Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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— 4 “4 s. wa ag A yearbook is a souvenir that serv one a reader reminis¢e also to inspire one with the record of events and endeavors. As every p iseturnedh one expekiences a ia: the Alma Mater one loves, and the Alma Mater that loved the reader with e of Christ and hig @hurch, and that strove mightily to guide one over the bridge between childhood an od. Thisawas do Hh more than books and buildings and teachers. This accomplishment requir rce of Faith-the Sof Volume “78, An ancient legal phrase combined ° d Fears’4 The deft of force from the dictionary uses such terms as power, violence, compulsion of which we write finds its source in the heaven and earth.” Furthermore, ‘We gives himself in the Holy Eucharist asa flesh and drinks my blood abides in me that prompted the Saints, the Apostles and Martyrs, the missionaries, the teachers and scholars as well as the monastics to renew the face of the earth these many centturies. T This tremendous spiritualeforce surpasses the capabilitiés of meChanical and nuclear power both to build and ‘to destroy. It impels us to accomplish greater things for the love of'@od and in behalf of mankind. In our schools there is a habitual awareness of the presence and the power of God that begets ingus this spiritual force. Whether we look up into the heights®@ -down into the depths, God re- all giving, all knowing and all loving.” — This force in our mids — personalized by the practice. of the virtues- ¢ at e good habits that Strengthen the will, overcome wéakness, and build up character. Thus we beéome r te and undaunted even when the earth seems desolate with desolation because there is littl o thinking in the heart. This spiritual force can conquer a worldest@eped i s own folly and frustration. This force is so great thateitepnov ides the fortitude to remain firm even | t ere to melt and even then mer there were to remain only God and ourselves. Such is the force that enables u e he salt of the earth, the light of the world, and the city Qmsthe mountain top. Well may we sing ‘“‘Let,our light shine before men’ so that Our works may glorify God.” = S Monsignor Alvin P. Wagner