CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

O BLIGATION Your obligation is the heart of the degree, for when it is assumed, you have solemnly bound yourself to Freemasonry and accepted certain duties and responsibilities which are yours to fulfill for the rest of your life. Your obligation is visible and audible evidence of your sincerity of purpose. In addition to binding you to Freemasonry and its duties, the obligation also protects the fraternity against improper disclosure of the modes of recognition and those symbolic instructions and ceremonies unique to the degree being conferred.

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