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
Greetings Brethren!
Happy new year to you all. May we be safe from C-19 disease, and may we all be successful in our aspirations in the year 2022.
I want to thank all the brethren and their ladies who attended the Lodge Xmas Ladies night last December 4th, and special thanks to Bro. Lester Chute for organizing this successful event.
Brethren, I would like to share the explanation of the symbol on Masonic Cardinal Virtues.
“Some authorities think of temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice only as moral principles, the use and value which is Masonically taught. The consensus, however, is that they are symbolic in that their meanings can be extended beyond mere definitions. Thus, temperance is usually taken to mean care in stimulants. Masonically means far more, just as it did to Socrates, hundreds of years before it was woven into Freemasonry. Temperance means caution in action, speech, thought, feeling, judgement, life and living. Fortitude implies physical bravery, but masonically, moral courage is far more than physical. Prudence is not only the selfish determination of “what is good for me” but the use of common sense. Reason, logic, in meeting any problem. Justice, a civic concept, is Masonically allied with that it cannot exist-mercy. Justice is a strict interpretation of the law, an expression of the greatest good to the most significant number. Mercy is tampering with and tampering with justice and implies that in exceptional cases, justice is insufficient. This moral dilemma of philosophy is not indicated ritualistically. Still, it is meant by the fact that the first three cardinal vir tues do have a symbolic as well as a moral meaning” (excerpt from Bro. Carl H. Claudy)
See you in the Lodge.
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.