Bro Joselito P. Tamaray Kalilayan Lodge No.37
Let me respond to the proposal of some brethren that a dialogue should be had among brother masons.
At the outset, let me emphasized that I am not privy to any effort made by the leaders of our Grand Lodge to win back our brethren who decided to secede and create their own Grand Lodge. But efforts have been exerted to convince them to rejoin us and in fact even Past Grand Masters were privy to it but to no avail.
Time will only tell when the brethren concerned will see their way through all this temporary confusion. I still believe in the wisdom of each brother mason who enmeshed himself in the true spirit of masonry free from any bias or hypocrisy and adheres strictly to the time honored principle of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth!
At the outset, let me emphasized that I am not privy to any effort made by the leaders of our Grand Lodge to win back our brethren who decided to secede and create their own Grand Lodge. But efforts have been exerted to convince them to rejoin us and in fact even Past Grand Masters were privy to it but to no avail.
Time will only tell when the brethren concerned will see their way through all this temporary confusion. I still believe in the wisdom of each brother mason who enmeshed himself in the true spirit of masonry free from any bias or hypocrisy and adheres strictly to the time honored principle of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth!
We have reasons of our own to do things different or even contrary to what we believe. Thats how intellectuals work and for as long as one believes in what he decides to do, that is reason enough to respect him.
There will always be differences among masons and in the sacred institution of Freemasonry for its members are not perfect. The teachings of Masonry are perfect but those who practice it are not!
It is about time that we should re-examine ourselves and our own masonry instead of focusing on matters alien to masonry. We cannot profess to be called masons if we do not understand our purpose why we are in masonry in the first place. We cannot even convince others of the beauty of this noble institution if we ourselves do not know how beautiful it is to become a mason. We cannot even delight ourselves that we belong to masonry when we trample upon the basic tenets we are oathbound to preserve.
Yes, my brethren, IL EST TEMPS! Its about time to focus on something good for masonry and for humanity. May we all heed the call for a better masonry in us!
Fraternally,
Bro. Joselito P. Tamaray
Kalilayan Lodge No. 37,
Lucena City,
Grand Lodge of the Philippines
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