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As the cold months of Winter continue, we're keeping the fire of Masonic Light alive in Lodge.

As our trestleboard shows, we're holding an Entered Apprentice degree at our second communication this month to bring another gentleman into our hallowed Fraternity. We hope you'll be able to join us in this wonderful event. Remember the feeling you had when you first opened your eyes Masonically and saw a packed room before you? You could be apart of that same feeling for a newly initiated Brother.

We're also continuing our goal to have a presentation and/or discussion a month with a presentation by the Friends of Monmouth County Child Advocacy Center this month. This organization is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established in 2003 to raise the funds to build a child advocacy center in Monmouth County. The child advocacy center will serve as a safe, child-friendly facility for the victims of child abuse, neglect, and assault and their caregivers. We look forward to supporting them in the years to come.

If you can spare some time to join us for these two very interesting evenings of Friendship, Brotherly Love and Charity, we'd love to see you there!

Latest Message

In the Entered Apprentice Degree, we are taught that Masonry is founded on the purest principles of Morality, Brotherly Love and Charity. While these tenets are equally important in their own rite, it seems that Charity has become a forerunner in recent years, and rightfully so, for the unselfish act of giving to others can be more rewarding than any gift we can give ourselves.

Charity can be defined in many ways: as a benevolent act of goodwill toward or love of humanity; as a generosity and helpfulness especially toward the needy or suffering; as an activity or gift that benefits the public at large; and as a lenient judgment of others. As Masons, we are urged to practice all these interpretations of Charity in our everyday lives.

Charitable donations are commonly made as money or time but there are countless other ways to give. Personally, I can’t always give monetarily and because of that reason, when I turned 24, I decided to give blood every time I was eligible to do so. Since 2004, I have been donating a pint of blood approximately every 60 days. I feel that, while I may not always have money to spare, I certainly can donate blood instead. It is my way of satisfying my desire to give within the length of my cabletow. Your cabletow may be longer or shorter than mine, but I am positive you find some way to perform Charity as best as you can.

Thomas Fuller once wrote, “Charity begins at home, but should not end there.” And with all that is going on in today’s world, there are plenty of opportunities for us to practice charity outside our households. From donating to the Red Cross to assist Haiti in the cleanup and reclamation efforts from the recent and terrible earthquake to sending care packages and cards to our armed forces throughout various lands and seas to assisting at a local ASPCA shelter, charity can be performed in many ways and no matter how much or how little you’re able to give, the fact that you’re giving is what matters.

With this in mind, consider the next time you’re walking down the street or shopping in the grocery store and do something nice for your fellow man. Even a simple smile and nod can make all the difference in the world to someone who is having a bad day.

…every human being has a claim upon your kind offices. “Do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.”

Fraternal Regards,

Adam M. Reich
Worshipful Master