St Peter High School - Petrel Yearbook (Reading, PA)

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!7'lY9? 'l x Ex x xiii Ns ii! .r 'ff-'H f':ffe1v1 sffi--vf'-r w'- . , , W' , . A 1- ' I A Our Be! 0 ea' Pastor The Reverend Michael V. Reing More than fifty years ago a young boy-then known as Michael Reing-left his home in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania and en- tered St. Charles seminary to prepare for the Priesthood. He was ordained on May 31, 1905-just fifty years ago. After serving in various churches of the Archdiocese, Father Reing came to St. Peter's, Reading, on January 2, 1924-more than thirty-one years ago. During all these years his priestly hands have ministered unto the people of Reading-our parents, our friends, ourselves- the things that pertain to God. In tribute to his Golden Years, let us ever pray that God may bless his labors with abundant fruit, and that they to whom he has ministered may be his. joy and consolation here below and in heaven his everlasting crown. Wikis For every high priest taken from among nzen is appointed for men in the things pertaining to God . . . Hebrews V :l-2 At the very dawn of our life on earth, the priest's hands poured on us the saving water of Baptism. From that moment on, his sacred ministry touched on every important moment of our lives. By the hands of the Bishop-who is First a priest-we are made soldiers of Christ in Confirmation. The priest's anointed hands are raised over our heads in absolution. As another Christ, the priest re- enacts the supreme mystery of Calvary every time he says Mass. His consecrated hands place the Sacred Host on our tongues: those same hands are raised in nuptial blessing as he is the official witness of the Church in the Sacrament of Matrimony. And how often those blessed hands have brought strength and consolation to our dear ones as they prepared them to leave this world! X . ' 1 . -N .9113 -- 'ji-3 fs' FW ' si' a . ,.ai1I-Zelw 2: .ixiii . rss' , ,,.,.5 ,., .., ,., Z P 1 fx