One Closes and Another Begins..

Well this will be the last weekend before I am raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. Every lunch hour has been spent studying for my FC proficiency. There are still a couple of parts where I leave off a word, or I twist a couple up, but overall I'm feeling really good about delivering a solid performance of the work that has been assigned to me. Tomorrow morning will be our practice and my first chance to run through the work with the officers of my Lodge. I am much more at ease this go around than I was for my EA proficiency. It will also be a Past Masters night, so from what I understand all the officers chairs will be filled with PMs and of course all the work done by them as well. I think it will make the night and experience just that much more special.

This Tuesday night does come with a sense that this important and emotional step into Freemasonry will be coming to an end, and for that I am a bit sad. It has been a very cool experience and eye opening. As I enter a society of men who prize honor and virtue above the external advantages of rank and fortune, I plan on being a foot soldier for Masonry in this new millennium, and as one of my bros. put it 'Time is my ally'. There is no reason why Freemasonry cannot have a resurgence in popularity in these times, and there are many reasons why it should.

On Tuesday night I will be receive my master's apron and the first chapter of my Masonic life will come to a close. This past chapter is one that, has been for the most part set in stone, with a very distinct set of steps and work that follows rules and guidelines that have been laid out for hundreds of years. The next chapters are mine to write, and with help of my fellow brethren I hope to have a long and fruitful career as I explore the history and create my own, within this wonderful institution!