Freemasons and the Church

[JDSinSA]

Semper Fi:

Isn’t it weird to see all this division in this thread between the Catholics who are Masons and the Catholics who are not? Something that brings divisions is not of God… Avoid the Masons at all costs. If you are a Mason and a Catholic, you are not in full communion with Rome.

Right. I can understand how it would be difficult to leave a lodge after you’ve been a member for awhile, have made numerous friends, and have undoubtedly made an oath or two of loyalty/commitment to the lodge. I get it. But Catholics who joined a lodge, in my opinion, need to take a step back and assess the situation. They admit their allegiance lies with the Catholic Church, but when they would rather be in a non-Catholic lodge than join the brotherhood of the Knights of Columbus? It just doesn’t add up. Isn’t it logical to conclude that a for a Catholic it would make more sense to join and support the Knights of Columbus who provide for noble Catholic causes such supporting the pro-life movement, providing scholarships for seminarians, financial support for those considering becoming a Nun or Brother, Habitat for Humanity, and literally countless other charitable works helping the least fortunate in the community?

On the other hand, does a typical masonic lodge have the Catholic Church’s interests at heart? More than the Knights of Columbus?

I understand that Masons do charitble work. But I think one has to look at the bigger picture. Doing a good work in the name of a masonic lodge, as a practicing Catholic, seems more than a bit peculiar.

 

[Sir_Knight]

This is from the Grand Lodge of Texas website …

It would seem that the symbolical wearing of aprons by Freemasons in imitation of operative masons would require little explanation, as the workman wore the apron as a protective covering. However, the modern Masonic apron is a white lambskin apron, which adds two specific qualities. First, the color white is a ritualistic development to represent purity and, second, the lambskin material is emblematical of innocence. No better explanation of the Masonic apron can be found than that provided in the Apron presentation to the new Mason. It is quoted here as presented in the Monitor of the Lodge published by the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas.

*My brother, in behalf of this Lodge, I now present to you this white Lambskin Apron. It may be, that in the coming years, upon your brow shall rest the laurel leaves of victory; it may be that, pendant from your breast, may hang jewels fit to grace the diadem of some Eastern potentate.

Aye! More than these, for light, added to coming light, may enable your ambitious feet to tread round after round of the ladder that leads to fame in our Mystic order; and even the purple of our fraternity may rest upon your honored shoulders; but never again, from mortal hands; never again, until your enfranchised spirit shall have passed upward and inward, through the pearly gates, can a greater honor be bestowed, or one more emblematical of purity and innocence, than that which has been conferred upon you tonight.

This Apron, the special gift of this Lodge, is yours to wear upon all proper occasions throughout an honorable life, and at your death, is to be placed upon the coffin that contains your lifeless remains and with them shall be laid beneath the silent clods of the valley.

May the pure and spotless surface of this Apron be an ever-present reminder of “that purity of heart and uprightness of conduct so essentially necessary,” thus keeping pure your thoughts, and inspiring nobler deeds and greater achievements.

Then, when at last, your weary feet shall have come to the end of life’s toilsome journey, and from your nerveless grasp, shall drop, forever, the working tools of life, may the record of your life and actions be as pure and spotless as this Apron now is; **and when your soul, freed from earth, shall stand naked and alone before the Great White Throne, may it be your portion to hear from Him who sits thereon, the welcome plaudit: “Well done, thou good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!”***

Satan has the Masons by the throat. Read the highlighted sentence again, and think about it. Where have you heard the term “Great White Throne” before?

Rev 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

The Great White Throne is found at the judgment of the damned. Anyone who stands naked in that dreadful courtroom will have only one exit, and that is through the gaping maw of hell. Pity the poor Mason who trusted a “pure and spotless” lambskin apron rather than the sacrifice of the pure and spotless Lamb of God. The words that NO ONE at the great white throne will hear are, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant! Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord!”

What a hideous deception!