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Feast of St. JohnWhat Kind of Mason are You
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About a week and a half ago I unfortunately had to attend the funeral of a man I new for a long time and had become very good friend with. Over the years I had talked to him many times about Masonry and how he would make a great Mason, how he was already living his life like a Mason should and he should be one... He always came back with several reasons why he could not join. Too busy, involved with other things, not sure he wants to commit. I could never figure out why he would not become a Mason until that night at the funeral home. You see If you met Pete, that’s what his friend called him, on the street or at his job you would think he is a quiet, keep to himself kind of guy. If he happened to bump you or get in your way he would apologize. If he told you a joke he would come back to you a few minutes later and want to know if it might have offended you in any way. He would help you do anything with no strings attached. I remember once when his son and I were going to go hunting, me for the first time, we hopped into Pete’s Ford station wagon at 4am and headed off to Dunkin doughnuts before we headed to South County to hunt. As we backed out of the doughnut place Mike, Pete’s son, hit a phone pole and put a big dent into the side of the car. We of course thought we were dead, or at least Mike was dead. We went back to the house and woke his dad up showed him the damage, he shrugged his shoulders and said you guys better get going and be careful this time. That’s the kind of guy Pete was. That night at the funeral home some 40 men lined up to pay their respects to a departed Brother of the Moose. Pete was a member of the R. O. Moose. I had known that for as long as he was a member. I knew that his life away from work revolved around the Moose. Pete thrived in that environment and was a different kind of person when he was involved with something that had to do with the Moose. He was still kind and gentle and willing to do anything asked of him. As the ceremony for Pete continued there was a portion that seemed to go on forever about all that Pete had done for the Moose, all of his achievements all of his honors. Several things struck me as the ceremony ended. None of the work Pete did for the Moose was for himself it was all for others. It was all for the greater good. He did not go around telling everyone what he had done. There was never the BY LINE, done by Pete. He did not try to reinvent the wheel, just make it run better and quieter. It was more than obvious that Pete would have been an excellent Mason. The answer to my question why Pete would not become a Mason was obvious… He loved what he was doing and to try to do something else might compromise his ability to help at the level he was. Pete was judged by his Brothers left here on earth to have gone above and beyond. Pete was a good Moose member. Then I thought, When Solemn strikes the Funeral Chime for me what will my record show?
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