CLC - ENTERED APPRENTICE - 05.22.17

C HARITY We are reminded as Masons of the importance of having Faith in God at the very beginning of our Masonic journey. We are also told that Masons understand the importance of Hope – a hope that leads us to trust the tenets of our faith as we each understand that faith. But there is more. We are told that there is something beyond these essentials. It is a love for Deity and for one another that transcends all other earthly virtues. We use the old fashioned term “Charity” to express this idea, and we are told that its importance lies in the recognition that “Charity” never fails. It never dies. It goes on through all eternity. When translated as “Love,” we perhaps understand it a bit better. Love for Deity and love for one another is the very foundation of our faith and of our hope. Every Mason is expected to make such love for Deity, and for his fellow men, a foundation stone in his life.

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