Villa Maria Academy - Frontenac Yearbook (Frontenac, MN)

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THE PORTRAIT OF DEATH The room IS enyeloped ln sllence not that of sleep but that of death These walls whlch haye known tears and laughter noyy know the hallowed presence of the shadowy form of death But Death for yyhom haye you come9 Our eyes gaze sllently on the pale yyhlte flgure of an old woman ly mg ln a bed Her snoyy y w hlte halr IS dlsheyeled her face pale and drawn IS twlsted ln agony and her hands clutch at her heart as another attack trles to rob her of her last breath of llfe 'Vloans of grlef are heard from persons hldden ln the shadow s of the room But you Death hoyer oy er your ylctlm sllently and patlently You haye come lHtO thls room not to rob her of llfe but to free her soul You may not hurry about your task, for there IS more to be done here before your tlme you must walt The door of the room opens and ln walks a young woman carry lng ln her hands two llghted candles She sets them on a table near the bed tlelr llght makes yyelrd flgures on the walls She buslly prepares the room for a ylsltor A she fIlIlSl lCS a knock IS heard at the door The young woman takes a candle from the table and leay es the room A ylsltor has arrly ed' A few mlnUtCS pass and agaln the door to the room IS opened It IS the young woman ac companled by a PTICSL Th1S IS the ylsltor and what he brlngs IS the Comforter of the dy lng The young woman puts the candle back on the table and leayes the room Soft shuffllng of feet are heard as the people ID the shadows The prlest IS now alone ln the room wlth the dy lng woman Hls actlons are qulck and de CISIXC for he must prepare her soul for the llfe to come After hearlng her last confesslon he admlnlsters Extreme Unctlon She IS ready now for Hlm who made her The wan face once twlsted ln agony now glows ln serene calmness The old woman smlles for now she IS ready Death are you9 Yes you are You sllently wrap your arms about her she breathes one more tlred Slgh Then all IS stlll Death has robbed her llfe and glyen her soul freedom to eternlty Przsczlla Howell 61 MOONLIGHT 'yloonllght danclng on the pond Castlng shadows far beyond Captures objects ln lts glow Smlllng on the world below Throwlng a beam both far and near Tlntlng the face of one so dear Bonzta Bona 6 1 THE SONG OF THE SMILE My llttle smlle so sadly says Wont anybody smlle wlth me? For I haye happlness ln my heart And must lt always a secret be? Cheerfully lt laughed and sang For It was happy as could be But lt only laughed a llttle whlle For no one heard lts melody Joyce McCusker 62 A SMALL BOYS PRAYER Not long ago on a dreary and cheerless day a small boy knelt beslde hls mothers graye The cold wlnd hurled down the snow and the clouds that hung low oyerhead w ere menaclng Yet the llttle boy ID ragged outgrown clothes, knelt sllently hands folded ln prayer The chlld seemed so tlny agalnst the lmpos lng world Llttle dld he care about the cold and the srow for hls llps were moylng ID a w hlspered prayer to God In the stlllness the small boy prayed O God I know You are good My mommy told me Xou were Bu why O yy hy dld You take her aw ay9 I needed her Now there s no one at home to tuck me ln bed and wake me up wlth a soft gentle klss on the cheek no one to comfort me or be happv wlth me oyer my new toy truck You too Daddy too Mommy sald You dld You haye Your own monlmy up there so why dld you haye to take mlne too? Please God tell me because I know You are good Mommy sald that You yy ere Hls llps stopped DIS prayer was oyer Ye God seemed not to hear But ID the sllence a XOICC from up aboye spoke softly gently to the tlny llttle flgure kneellng on the snow coyered ground Llttle boy you loyed your mommy I know I loye her too Then tears rolled down the chllds face ralsed ln the dlrectlon of the soft gentle yolce The XOICC spoke agaln Llttle boy yyould you llke to come to Me too just as dld yollr mommy and daddy 7 X SIllllC of Joy shone through the tears as the llttle flgure nodded hls tlny head RlSlUg on hls tyy o Sllltlll feet he started to walk through the cold yylnter storm obllylous of the car yy hlch struck l'llITl llury Schult . Y . . 3 u u . ' ' l ,l , 1 1 , 1 1 as 1 , . ' .' - , , ' . .. - , , 77 v y 1 . . . 1 , . . . ' - . 1 I 1 7 I 1 . . ,, 1 , . . . ' 1 . I ' . Y Q Q v V Y. . . , . 7 7 . . ' v . . , 7 v v . v ' . v 7 ' .1 7 ' . Y , v v ul . 1 v . . - . ' 9 1 I . . Y . . U , l ' . ' ' 9 . 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QF A GIFT OF LOVE Lo neath the star that shatterd the nnght Under that puercnng prophetlcal Iught Shelterd by thatch from the deep chnll ot nnght The Gutt ot Love was born Gifts from atar meant to splendor great Knngs Sweet trumpet song on the angels wungs From the poor hearts of shepherds magnftucent things To the Gutt ot Love were borne 7 gqs I I ' I I I , . . I I , . I I Evarzgelizzc Fzzzzde . '59

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fhas BROTHERS Anx glrl xx ho has a brother knows he can be the blggest nulsance the most obnoxlous person around but she knows also that she wouldnt change hlm Underneath hls pranks and teas lng there IS a good natured heart that can be the blggest encouragement IH a tlme of bltter dlscouragement I know I haxe sllt brothers one older and flxe xounger than I and IU all of them from the oldest down through the xoungest I can see the same loxable tralts that make a brother what he IS Thls unlform characterlstlc IS one I thlnk brothers were born xx lth not one thex acqulred Ex en Dlck at age one IS tx plcal He xxlll klck me IH the teeth as I put hls shoes on he xx lll grab hls mllk glass from me and throw It on the floor and he xxlll splash hls bath xxater all ox er me But he xx lll also creep ox er to me and pull hlmself up on mx leg and hug me xx lth all the strength ln hls llttle arms or he xxlll crx pleadlnglx xx hen I leaxe hlm to go Somew here Dannx less than a xear and a half older possesses the same qLldlltlCS onlx dexeloped a llttle further He runs and hldes xvhen I call l'lIl'II he throws hlS food at me he dumps my drawers and scatters the contents on the floor When Im readx to explode he looks at me xx lth hls blg blue ex es and saxs H1 Marx' You are a crab I loxe xou crab' What can I do? Next comes Daxld an all Amerlcan elght xear old who can spread junk IH a clean room who can ralse ex erx thlng from babx bullheads to fleld mlce IH exerx corner of the house and who can tease hls llttle slsters untll thex cry But then he comes I'llSl1lI'lg lnto the house ex tendlng a grlmx llttle hand and saxs xx lth face beamlng and exes gleamlng lNIarx I found the most beautlful thlng outslde and I want It to be a surprlse for xou I dont care lf he pre sents a blue Jax feather or a butterfly wlng I loxe hlm' Besldes these three I haxe three more broth ers XVallx fourteen Nlllte flfteen and Larrx elghteen who haxe dexeloped the qualltles of brotherhood to the utmost Thex can come hours late for dlnner and complaln about the food thex can tease me about my Chlnese EGYPT I haxe been to a far off land XVhere clxlllzatlon IS old Haxe seen the gleamln desert Rnd the tombs of long ago I haxe traxeled across lts lengths Haxe seen lts malestlc slghts Haxe xx atched lt traxel on so far That lt seemed to meet the Illgllt Three handmade golden pxramlds Stood hl h before mx exes And the Spl1lI1X xxlth nlasslxe head helt hlffh Glowed brlght agalnst the skx Further on the delta lax And rollln earth so green The Xlle a rlxer of heaxenlx blue Floxxed swlftlx xet serene The mlghtx rlxer made lts xxax Fhroughout thls dIlClCIlt land And lt 15 sald thls mlghtx Nlle Came as Gods glft to man The palm trees tall sw axed gentlx FlOXXlI'lg xxlth the rlxers tlde And thex seemed to hold some mxsterx That IS deep and dark lnslde The sun a brllllallt crlmson Gloxxed softlx on thls slgllt Then turned the skx to hues of gold And slow lx enfolded the nlght Yes I haxe been to a far off land Where the ml lltx rlxer floxxs Haxe see the tombs of pharaohs Where the desert sand stlll lows Pcltrzcza Fzans M5 halrcut thex can embarrass me to tears ln front of someone I xx ant to lmpress But I forget all these thlngs when I thlnk of the many hours thex spend patlently teachlng me to water Skl or run a motor boat or rlde a horse or drlve the car Thelr words of encouragement and PIHISC are all I need to forglxe any of thelr frequent pranks Yes I surelx treasure my brothers and thank God that I am lucky enough to haxe many who are so wonderful to me Mary Ellen Blaylock 59 Ylh I K ' Q V - Q U 1 5' D - . I . K . K ' I ' ' -Q ., -qv 3 . . -' -' . . I t . 1 .. 1 D . T , 7, -. 5. . .- -, l I C . v . 9 ' , . 7 , 1 . . , . l v- I - y I y y ' . - A 7 . I ' r I I D ' I . 1 . ' . l . 1 . ,t ' . .' . . - 9 ' 4 ' ,Q i' . : , . . . ' ' v -A ' ' .' .lv .1 , , . K s l I 7 - ' . . . ' . V .' v . V. . 1 y Q . ' . , . - Q e . ' 5 ' . A Q v K . . , u y . l I v' , v n ' . . 1 ' . o- ' ' . , , v 3, , a - I s . - - - g It 5 g f - V - . a 1 . .l i . . ,.. A. 5. , .v , . 1 - 7 39 3 I- 3 7 ,.. X . , . ' 'AT ' ' . ', ,. U 44 ' . ' . H. , . . . , 77 . . u , . . . , ' - , ' 1 8 ' l T . . . - S , . . V , . . 3 ' . ' ' .- 11. . ' . , . , , y ' ' , ' LL , ' , ' . l. . 1 . 1 ' , ' v , . . . ' , as 1 ' ' 7 ' Y 7 ' ' Q n Q . . v Y . . , I ' - 1 , 9 Q 1 9 l ,ly v .. v Q - 1 . as as , ' ' . V , as ' , 9 . , ,