My Brothers, .

Spring is here! It very much feels that the Earth itself is being renewed, leaves are growing on barren branches, grass is growing where fields seemed dead and yellow, and flowers are blooming where there was only dirt just a week ago. This gives us a sense that we, ourselves, are also being renewed. The sun seems to give more energy and dreary thoughts give way to optimism.

What better time would there be to have an Entered Apprentice Degree? Candidates start their Masonic Journeys to becoming a better version of themselves with the assistance of Masonry's beautiful ceremonies and lectures. With each degree and at the giving of each obligation we all renew our obligations together with the candidates and dedicate ourselves anew to the great principals of the order.

It seems that no matter how many times I hear or give the lectures and ceremonies I come away with some new thought or impression upon my mind of how I can be better shaped into the man I was created to be. I enjoin you to experience that exact feeling for yourself and I challenge you to attend and participate in the ceremonies in this upcoming month (the Entered Apprentice Degree performed by our exceptional Past Masters on April 4th and the presentations of 50 year pins on April 18th) and tell me you did not gain anything from those experiences, I am willing to stake a bet that you cannot do so. The reason is because God works through those experiences and molds us, come and renew your fervor for our time honored institution and receive the gift that is Freemasonry in your life.

I hope to see you soon!

Fraternally,

Júlio A. Calvão

Worshipful Master