Meridian Lodge No. 129
Welcome
Since 1921, Meridian Lodge has been an active member of the community with activities such as Food Banks, Santa Anonymous, Garage Sales and family events such as Barbeques, Ladies Nights or Robbie Burns Nights. We are proud of our history in the community based on the principles upon which the Masonic Order was founded, brotherly love, relief and truth.
Master's Message
I hope all of us and our respective families are in good health. First of all, I would like to thank our Lodge Officers and members for the support you have extended to me in the 2020-2021 Masonic Year. Although we have not been very active in the lodge in the past Masonic year due to the pandemic, we still have been able to continue our communication through the virtual method.
This coming May and June, we temporarily do not have virtual meetings to give our members time to enjoy the excellent weather and bonding with family. Still, we are ready to have a virtual emergent meeting if necessary.
I want to congratulate two esteemed Meridian Members on the successful granting to them Honorary Life Membership. May both of you continue to inspire our members with tireless dedication and service to members, specifically at the lodge and freemasons in general.
Thank you to our new members who are waiting for their degree advancement; this is just proof that your dedication to the craft is constant. Please continue to call and ask for help from our Lodge officers and Senior members if you have any questions.
Brethren, as a closing message, I want to share “The meaning of Masonry”:
"Freemasonry is the light of freemen… It does not seek to impose any authority in interpretation to which every Mason is expected to bow. It assumes that the highest and noblest state man is the freedom to think, grow in mental and spiritual stature, and progress in the builder’s art in such ways and as fast as the individual builder chooses. Masonry enslaves no man; it ultimately frees any man who will bestir himself with diligence and perseverance to develop his own Masonic life according to the dictates of his conscience.”- Lynn F Perkins.
The Old Masters Wages
I met a dear old man today,
who wore a Masonic pin,
It was old and faded like the man,
It's edges were worn quite thin.
I approached the park bench where he sat,
To give the old brother his due,
I said, "I see you've traveled east,"
He said, "I have, have you?"
I said, "I have, and in my day
Before the all seeing sun,
I played in the rubble, with Jubala,
Jubalo and Jubalum."
He shouted, "don't laugh at the work my son,
It's good and sweet and true,
And if you've traveled as you said,
You should give these things their due."
The word, the sign, the token,
The sweet Masonic prayer,
The vow that all have taken,
Who've climbed the inner stair.
The wages of a Mason,
are never paid in gold,
but the gain comes from contentment,
when you're weak and growing old.
You see, I've carried my obligations,
For almost fifty years,
It has helped me through the hardships
and the failures full of tears.
Now I'm losing my mind and body,
Death is near but I don't despair,
I've lived my life upon the level,
And I'm dying upon the square.
Sometimes the greatest lessons
Are those that are learned anew,
And the old man in the park today
has changed my point of view.
To all Masonic brothers,
The only secret is to care,
May you live your life upon the level,
May you part upon the square.