I made it!
SRWright
Well... Last night I went through the ceremony for my Third Degree. I
am now a Master Mason.
I got started a little late in life on this road, now being forty, but
I think this has been the start of one of the more rewarding things I
have ever done... at least spiritually and emotionally. I am going to
wait a year or so before I look into the concordant bodies, then I am
going to follow in the steps of my uncle and become a Scottish Rite.
I am looking forward to advancing further in Masonry and eventually
holding office.
I just wanted to share my excitement with all you fellow Brothers out
there.
Bro. Samuel R. Wright III
Muedell-Oildale Lodge 695
http://www.meudelloildale.com/
Mudge
> Well... Last night I went through the ceremony for my Third Degree. I
> am now a Master Mason.
>
> I got started a little late in life on this road, now being forty, but
> I think this has been the start of one of the more rewarding things I
> have ever done... at least spiritually and emotionally. I am going to
> wait a year or so before I look into the concordant bodies, then I am
> going to follow in the steps of my uncle and become a Scottish Rite.
>
> I am looking forward to advancing further in Masonry and eventually
> holding office.
>
> I just wanted to share my excitement with all you fellow Brothers out
> there.
Welcome - but - you need go no further, the other orders are mere
collatteral expensive bumph
--
The Canadian Curmudgeon (in Calgary)
Save our precious CO2 - plant many trees
David Simpson
<SWSa...@gmail.com> typed:
Welcome to the family.
--
Regards
David Simpson
(Unattached MM, Victoria, Australia)
Don't look back, the lemmings are gaining on you.
Larry W
> Well... Last night I went through the ceremony for my Third Degree. I
> am now a Master Mason.
Congratulations, Brother. I wish you well on your journey and hope I
can one day visit your Lodge. I passed through there about a year ago
visiting family in Tehachapi and Laughlin, but it was not during a
meeting week.
Fraternally,
Larry
--
L a r r y W
PM, Holbrook #30, AF&AM | AP, Acacia #22, Amaranth
Forest Grove #37, RAM | Tualatin #31, OES
Sunset #20, Cryptic | Dad, Hillsboro #24, IORG
SWSamurai
wrote:
> SRWright wrote:
> > Well... Last night I went through the ceremony for my Third Degree. I
> > am now a Master Mason.
>
> Congratulations, Brother. I wish you well on your journey and hope I
> can one day visit your Lodge. I passed through there about a year ago
> visiting family in Tehachapi and Laughlin, but it was not during a
> meeting week.
>
> Fraternally,
> Larry
It is a nice lodge... built in 1923. Only problem is that the place
was built before AC was readily available for large buildings like
this, so summers are a bear. Anyone who has lived in this valley
during summer knows that AC or a POWERFUL swap cooler, is a must.
Jim Bennie
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> Well... Last night I went through the ceremony for my Third Degree. I
> am now a Master Mason.
Congrats, Bro. Wright. I hope you enjoy your time in the Lodge, and that you
were given material about your degree to study.
Jim, No. 44, Vancouver
SWSamurai
> "SRWright" <SWSamu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
Plenty... One of the things I like the most about this is the history
behind it. The reading material is a must for me... I plan on holding
offices down the line...
David Foster
out at age 53 and wish I had done it 25 years
earlier. It was one of the best decisions I ever
made. Waiting a year is a good idea. Learn the
work in the Blue Lodge before you join the
Concordant bodies. Good luck to you in your
masonic journey.
Second - to Brother Mudge - With all due respect,
I mostly disagree. A mason certainly does not
"need" to go further, but the degrees of the York
Rite and Scottish Rite are not "collateral
expensive bumph." I am both York Rite and
Scottish Rite and wouldn't trade for either one.
David Foster
Ill. Grand Chaplain, Most Ill. Grand Council of
Royal and Select Masters of Texas
Jim Bennie
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> One of the things I like the most about this is the history
> behind it. The reading material is a must for me... I plan on holding
> offices down the line...
Hello, Bro. Wright. Of course, there are some aspects of the history no one
really knows for sure.
If you have any questions, feel free to post them. There are always
knowlegeable Masons willing to engage in discussion.
Jim, No. 44, Vancouver
innerjewel
> "need" to go further, but the degrees of the York
> Rite and Scottish Rite are not "collateral
> expensive bumph."
Congratulations my brother! Lodge time is quality time. There is no
need to rush into all of the concordant stuff but it is a most
valuable journey once you are ready. May you find what you are seeking
on your travel.
Doug Freyburger
>
>... then I am
> going to follow in the steps of my uncle and become a Scottish Rite.
>
> I am looking forward to advancing further in Masonry and eventually
> holding office.
Bro Samuel,
When I took my degrees I planned to be active. I immediately
volunteered for the chairs and I was placed in the line as Junior
Steward for half a year. I progressed through the line a chair
per year from that point. It's one of the better things I've done.
I chose to delay joining the Scottish Rite until I was elected
Master. With that timing I did not put in much time at Scottish
Rite my first year but I was active after that for a while until life
events triggered family relocations to follow work. I've since
gone through the line again in a new state.
Since the sequence of going through the line right away then
joining concordant bodies later worked so well for me I
recommend it for new brothers who are interest in doing both.
Fraternal regards,
Doug Freyburger
PM 2007-8 Arlingtom Heights 1162 Illinois AF&AM www.ahml.org
PM 1999 Pasadena 272 California F&AM www.emasons.org
SWSamurai
Thanks for the advice, Bro. Doug.
I am new to this, so I will take all I can get. Master is still a
long way out on my radar, but I have no doubt that one day I will be
there. My wife is now talking with some friends of hers that she
discovered are in the Eastern Star... and she plans on joining. So
this is going to be a family affair for us.
ctp...@gmail.com
Congrats and welcome to the Sublime Degree!
C. Thomas Payne II
W:. M:. Sul Ross Lodge #1300
jo...@pobox.com
I was a little older than you are when I was raised
My fwather waited for years for me to petioion a Lodge. Fortunately,
my mother nagged me to petition. Women are good for some things.
Fortunately, my father was young enough that he raised me, and
gave me the word.
Also, fortunately, while he was a 33� Scottish Rite Mason, somehow,
he had never been the Master of a Blue Lodge. As I worked through
the line, it turned out that he was elected Junior Warden of his Lodge
the same year I was elected JW my Lodge.
Since he was installed a week before me, my father was able to
install me as Master of my Lodge.
And those are very important things to me.
But, and I don't think that this will sound strange to you, or any
other Brother, the most important thing I have experienced as
a Mason, is the expericence of being initiated. I was truly
surprised and pleased to find som many people who just liked
me, even as an Entered Apprrentice. Freemasonry is not
something I expected, but is something wonderful.
Halitus
I got started a little late too, now being forty too! so far away from you,
but so close to you.
Time is not important, life is important.
Next year, may be I could get you at the same degree, Im still on 2nd...
Bro. Eduardo
Sol de Mayo N 8
Buenos Aires, Argentina
www.soldemayo8.org.ar
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