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Sunset
Lodge No. 76
Chartered
June 12, 1892
407 S.
Virginia Street · El Paso, Texas
Free
& Accepted Masons Prince Hall Affiliated
Most
Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas and Jurisdiction
What does Masonry Teach?
Masonry teaches some important principles. There's nothing very
surprising in the list. Masonry teaches that:
Since
God is the Creator, all men and women are the children of God.
Because of that, all men
and women are brothers and sisters, entitled to dignity, respect for
their opinions, and considerations of their feelings.
Each
person must take responsibility for his/her own life and actions.
Neither wealth nor poverty,
education nor ignorance, health nor sickness excuses any person from
doing the best he or she can do or being the best person possible
under the circumstances.
No
one has the right to tell another person what he or she must think or
believe.
Each man and woman has an
absolute right to intellectual, spiritual, economic, and political
freedom. This is a right given by God, not by man. All tyranny, in
every form, is illegitimate.
Each
person must learn and practice self-control.
Each person must make sure
his spiritual nature triumphs over his animal nature. Another way to
sa the same thing is that even when we are tempted to anger, we must
not be violent, even when we are tempted to selfishness, we must be
charitable. Even when we want to "write someone off," we
must remember that he or she is a human and entitled to our respect.
Even when we want to give up, we must go on, even when we are hated,
we must return lover, or, at a minimum, we must not hate back. It
isn't easy!
Faith
must be in the center of our lives.
We find that faith in our
houses of worship, not in Freemasonry, but Masonry constantly teaches
that a person's faith, whatever it may be, is central to a good life.
Each person has a
responsibility to be a good citizen, obeying the law.
That doesn't mean we can't
try to change things, but change must take place in legal ways
Its
is important to work to make this world better for all who live in it.
Masonry teaches the
importance of doing good, not because it assures a person's entrance
into heaven - that's a question for a religion, not a fraternity - but
because we have a duty to all other men and women to make their lives
as fulfilling as they can be.
Honor
and integrity are essential to life.
Life without honor and
integrity is without meaning.
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