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Attention all Lodge Brethren!!!

The 22nd District Meeting is now meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of each month @ 6:30 (previously the third Wednesday was the meeting)

 

 

DeMolay News

On June 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., at Enterprise Lodge, DeMolay for boys and Rainbow for girls will be teaming up to perform the first ever 7+7=10 program in California.  Everyone is invited, and this is something you, your family, and friends, will not want to miss!!  So how does 7+7=10....Well, each group has 7 virtues, all but 3 which overlap.  Hence, the name 7+7=10.  During the evening, both DeMolay and Rainbow, will explain each group's virtues in a manner that will let you see their excellent presentation skills.  Please come and support our youth groups!!  I am sure you will leave the lodge with a smile on your face after seeing these kids' professionalism.  Any questions please call John Hinely at 458-2983.

If you know of any young men, 12-21, who are interested in DeMolay or want more information on DeMolay, call Bob Lavy (751-3871), or John Hinely.

 

 

 

 

 

Text Box: The Future of Freemasonry

 

 

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Lifetime Members:  If you are a lifetime member, stop by the stated and special meetings to receive your special certificate, from the officers of Enterprise Lodge to you, thank you and see you soon!

ENTERPRISE LODGE IS CALLING ALL MASTER MASONS TO VOLUNTEER & LEARN THE MASONIC FUNERAL SERVICES - If you are able to be shown and want to serve your Lodge more, please contact Bill Peardon, PM or Peter Mandarino to volunteer.  What a great service you could perform for a fellow brother and his family in the most crucial time after a loss of a loved one!  See you there!!!! 

FROM THE ENTERPRISE FAMILY AND ALL MASONIC BODIES BE STRONG & STAY FAITHFUL”

Let us not forget those military men & women who defend our rights to go to our meetings and dinners! Please come home safe to your families!

 

Your loyalty is a virtue, but not when it’s wedded to blind stubbornness.

Masonic Trivia

Why do Freemasons end their prayers with the phrase "So mote it be"?   It is customary in contemporary English to end prayers with a hearty "Amen," a word meaning 'So be it'. It is a Latin word derived from the Hebrew word (xxxx), meaning 'certainly'. Thus a congregation saying "Amen" is literally saying "So be it." The word mote is an archaic verb that means 'may' or 'might', and traces back to Old English. The phrase "So Mote it be" means 'So may it be', which is the same as 'So be it'.    Now that we've established the equivalence of "Amen" and "So mote it be," the question remains, "Why do Masons end their prayers with 'So mote it be'?" The answer goes back to the Regius Poem of about 1390 AD, the oldest known Masonic document (now housed in the British Museum, London).    It is one of the Old Charges or Gothic Constitution used by early Freemasons to regulate their trade. It has a legendary history, regulations to guide the Mason trade and rules of manners and moral conduct. The poem ends famously with this couplet:

                    Amen! Amen! So mote it be!  So say we all for charity.

Thus Freemasons today end their prayers the same way they did in 1390. The next time you're in lodge and say "So mote it be" after the chaplain finishes a prayer, remember that you are continuing a 600-year-old Masonic tradition.

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Text Box: "The Old Masters Wages" I meet a dear old man today Who wore a Masonic pin, It was old and faded like the man Its edges were worn quite thin  I approached the park bench where he sat To give the old brother his do I said, "I see you've traveled east He said, "I have, have you" I said, I have and in my day Before the all seeing sun I played in the rubble with Jubala Jubilo, and Jubalum. He shouted, don't laugh at the work my son It's good and sweet and true And if you've traveled as you said You should give these things a due. The word, the sign, the token, The sweet Masonic prayer, The vow that all have taken Who have climbed the inner stair. The wages of a Mason are never paid in gold but the gain comes from contentment when you're weak and growing old. You see I've carried my obligations For almost fifty years It has helped me through the hardships and the failures full of tears. Now I'm losing my mind and my body Death is near but I don't despair I've lived my life upon the level And I'm dying upon the square.