Living Past Masters
Masonic Birthdays
December
ARTHUR A LOVELESS JR PM – 12/19/62
birthdays continued...
WILLIAM C NORRIS – 12/20/67
EDWIN W WARE SR PM – 12/18/68
AUSTIN P GOVIN – 12/14/77
PHILIP H DAVIS JR – 12/17/86
RANDALL S WOODS SR PM – 12/05/02
JOHN K NORRIS – 12/06/06
ROBERT C CRYSTLE – 12/16/15
Dear Santa
Dear Santa:
As I have been shopping and planning my gifts for others this Christmas season, I have been thinking of the gifts I would like
for myself. Please, dear Santa, bring me:
Patience, and an understanding heart, and the wisdom to guide my children to happy, useful adulthood.
A knowledge of the things needful for my spouse's happiness and health so that I may be a good helpmate as well as an
understanding parent.
Give me thoughtfulness that I may share my abundant joy with my own parents and do what I can for them in return for all they have
given me.
I wish, too, a joyous spirit which would meet each trial with a smile and add to the happiness of my friends and neighbors.
Give me a critical attitude toward my own faults and a tolerant one toward the faults of others.
And lastly, give me such a sense of fellowship with all people on earth that I cannot be truly happy until I have done my utmost to bring joy and relieve sorrow and suffering for others wherever they may be.
Gratefully yours.
P.S. If I have asked for too much, just give me a living, loving faith in the teachings of Him whose birthday we are celebrating this Christmas.
Dear Santa
Have You Considered
Leaving A Legacy?
Have you considered leaving a Legacy to your lodge, St. John's Lodge No 2? If you have, please make sure that St. John's Lodge No 2 is included in your Wills and Trusts so that your legacy can continue to help promote Freemasonry in the State of Delaware long after you have left your brethren behind. Freemasonry in Delaware has just celebrated its 200th anniversary. With your help, maybe it can celebrate its 300th one day.
If you want to experience the true meaning of Christmas, give something to someone who can offer nothing in return.
‐ Toni Sorenson
Freemasonry has endured not because of its antiquity, its influence, or its social standing, but because there have been so many who have lived it. The effectiveness of Masonic teachings will always be the measure by which the outside world judges Freemasonry; the proof of Freemasonry is in our deeds and it is in our deeds that Freemasonry is made known to non-Masons. The only way that the Craft can be judged is by its product. The prestige of Freemasonry lies squarely on the shoulders of each of us. ‐ G. Wilbur Best
