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Masonic Light
Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
A new Worshipful Master in a small Georgia town
spent the first four days making personal visits to
each of the members, inviting them to come to his
first Lodge meeting. The following Thursday the
Lodge was all but empty.
Accordingly, the Worshipful Master placed a notice
in the local newspapers, stating that, because the
Lodge was dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a
decent Masonic burial. The funeral would be held
the following Monday afternoon, the notice said.
.
. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for
the "funeral." In front of the Altar, they saw a closed
coffin, smothered in flowers. After the Chaplain
delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and
invited his Brethren to come forward and pay their
final respects to their dead Lodge. Filled with
curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a
"dead Lodge," all the Brethren eagerly lined up to
look in the coffin. Each "mourner" peeped into the
coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty,
sheepish look.
In! the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large
mirror.
Remember the obligation we all took my brethren
attend and support your Lodge!!!!
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Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
A new Worshipful Master in a small Georgia town
spent the first four days making personal visits to
each of the members, inviting them to come to his
first Lodge meeting. The following Thursday the
Lodge was all but empty.
Accordingly, the Worshipful Master placed a notice
in the local newspapers, stating that, because the
Lodge was dead, it was everyone's duty to give it a
decent Masonic burial. The funeral would be held
the following Monday afternoon, the notice said.
.
. Morbidly curious, a large crowd turned out for
the "funeral." In front of the Altar, they saw a closed
coffin, smothered in flowers. After the Chaplain
delivered the eulogy, he opened the coffin and
invited his Brethren to come forward and pay their
final respects to their dead Lodge. Filled with
curiosity as to what would represent the corpse of a
"dead Lodge," all the Brethren eagerly lined up to
look in the coffin. Each "mourner" peeped into the
coffin then quickly turned away with a guilty,
sheepish look.
In! the coffin, tilted at the correct angle, was a large
mirror.
Remember the obligation we all took my brethren
attend and support your Lodge!!!!
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THE HOLY SAINTS JOHN
Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
St. John's Day in summer (June 24) and St. John's
Day in winter (December 27) were adopted by the
early Christian church in the third century as a way
to attract people to the new religion and yet
preserve old pagan traditions and feasts of the
summer and winter solstices.
It was the custom for the craft and merchant guilds
of the Middle Ages to adopt various Christian saints
as patrons and protectors, usually due to some real
or imagined relationship to their particular trades.
The operative stonemasons were among many
guilds which adopted one Saint John or the other.
Somehow or another we Masons ended up with
both Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the
Evangelist, and so according to Masonic tradition,
Freemasons come, or "hail," from "a lodge of the
Holy Saints John of Jerusalem."
These two venerable Christian gentlemen are
represented in every lodge by "a central point (you)
within a circle (your world, physically and
spiritually), supported by two parallel lines (the Holy
Saints John acting as your guardians and guides)
surmounted by a Volume of Sacred Law (your
faith)."
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Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
St. John's Day in summer (June 24) and St. John's
Day in winter (December 27) were adopted by the
early Christian church in the third century as a way
to attract people to the new religion and yet
preserve old pagan traditions and feasts of the
summer and winter solstices.
It was the custom for the craft and merchant guilds
of the Middle Ages to adopt various Christian saints
as patrons and protectors, usually due to some real
or imagined relationship to their particular trades.
The operative stonemasons were among many
guilds which adopted one Saint John or the other.
Somehow or another we Masons ended up with
both Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the
Evangelist, and so according to Masonic tradition,
Freemasons come, or "hail," from "a lodge of the
Holy Saints John of Jerusalem."
These two venerable Christian gentlemen are
represented in every lodge by "a central point (you)
within a circle (your world, physically and
spiritually), supported by two parallel lines (the Holy
Saints John acting as your guardians and guides)
surmounted by a Volume of Sacred Law (your
faith)."
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WHAT IS A FRIEND?
Your Heart is your Love,
Your love is your Family ,
Your family is your Future ,
Your future is your Destiny ,
Your destiny is your Ambition,
Your ambition is your Aspiration ,
Your aspiration is your Motivation ,
Your motivation is your Belief ,
Your belief is your Peace ,
Your peace is your Target ,
Your target is Heaven,
Submitted by Bro. Harry Alan, P.M.
Your Heart is your Love,
Your love is your Family ,
Your family is your Future ,
Your future is your Destiny ,
Your destiny is your Ambition,
Your ambition is your Aspiration ,
Your aspiration is your Motivation ,
Your motivation is your Belief ,
Your belief is your Peace ,
Your peace is your Target ,
Your target is Heaven,
Submitted by Bro. Harry Alan, P.M.
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TO MEET UPON THE LEVEL
Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
"To Meet Upon The Level and Part Upon the Square".
We say this at the end of every meeting and we
physically all get down on the same level in most
Lodges and hopefully we part upon the Square. And
then what do we do? When we meet at a local store,
do we "meet upon the Level"? Before the next
meeting, do we "meet upon the Level"? How about
when we're called upon to sit in a chair and take the
position and responsibility of a Lodge Officer or how
about when the trash needs to be taken out? Do we
"meet upon the Level" or are some jobs "beneath our
dignity"? When the Worshipful Master or the Brother
who is in charge of the kitchen or the Degree to be
conferred asks a Brother to "please do this job" what
is our reaction? Our first thought should be for the
betterment of the Craft as a whole and not a selfish
thought of "I'm better then THAT job". I've seen an 80
year old Past Master take out the trash or sit in the
"lowest chair or office" in a Lodge and be proud of
being asked to help out. This is the "meeting upon
the Level" part of our Masonic Education. Some of us
are at the PhD level of our Masonic Education while
others are still in the Pre-K level. It doesn't matter
what "level" you're at, we still ALL should "Meet Upon
The Level" and unite in Brotherly Love and enjoy
each others company.
Do YOU help clean the kitchen after a Lodge meeting
or put that tossed aside Apron where it belongs or are
you the first out the door heading towards the house?
Does YOUR Lodge meeting end at the opening of the
Tyled door or does YOUR Lodge meeting end as you
draw YOUR last breath and Travel to that Celestial
Lodge Above? We all go to Lodge for different
reasons, some just to eat and go home, some to
fellowship, some to gain more Light and more Masonic
Education. Each reason is a good and sound reason
if we're honest enough within ourselves to admit just
why we're at Lodge that evening.
Brethren, lets ALL remember that short and very
important lesson we're ALL taught at the end of each
Lodge meeting: "To Meet Upon The Level and Part
Upon the Square".
Submitted by Bro. Harry A. Bruno, PM, MPS, Grand
Marshal, Grand Lodge of Georgia
"To Meet Upon The Level and Part Upon the Square".
We say this at the end of every meeting and we
physically all get down on the same level in most
Lodges and hopefully we part upon the Square. And
then what do we do? When we meet at a local store,
do we "meet upon the Level"? Before the next
meeting, do we "meet upon the Level"? How about
when we're called upon to sit in a chair and take the
position and responsibility of a Lodge Officer or how
about when the trash needs to be taken out? Do we
"meet upon the Level" or are some jobs "beneath our
dignity"? When the Worshipful Master or the Brother
who is in charge of the kitchen or the Degree to be
conferred asks a Brother to "please do this job" what
is our reaction? Our first thought should be for the
betterment of the Craft as a whole and not a selfish
thought of "I'm better then THAT job". I've seen an 80
year old Past Master take out the trash or sit in the
"lowest chair or office" in a Lodge and be proud of
being asked to help out. This is the "meeting upon
the Level" part of our Masonic Education. Some of us
are at the PhD level of our Masonic Education while
others are still in the Pre-K level. It doesn't matter
what "level" you're at, we still ALL should "Meet Upon
The Level" and unite in Brotherly Love and enjoy
each others company.
Do YOU help clean the kitchen after a Lodge meeting
or put that tossed aside Apron where it belongs or are
you the first out the door heading towards the house?
Does YOUR Lodge meeting end at the opening of the
Tyled door or does YOUR Lodge meeting end as you
draw YOUR last breath and Travel to that Celestial
Lodge Above? We all go to Lodge for different
reasons, some just to eat and go home, some to
fellowship, some to gain more Light and more Masonic
Education. Each reason is a good and sound reason
if we're honest enough within ourselves to admit just
why we're at Lodge that evening.
Brethren, lets ALL remember that short and very
important lesson we're ALL taught at the end of each
Lodge meeting: "To Meet Upon The Level and Part
Upon the Square".
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