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The Scottish Rite has a tightly controlled printed ritual (I worked in the 18th degree for a brief time) and it seems to work there because it is required that all parts be performed from memory. If think the GLoTx should publish a code book and forbid it's use in the Lodge building, or in...

I've been on this site for a month or two now, but don't post much. I'm currently unaffiliated, but that could change either tonight or next month! I demitted from my home lodge in 2004 because I just didn't have the time for Masonry because of my job, growing family, and so on. Now, I have a...

They do have that power, as long as they are still within the norms established in Canon Law, by the different Vatican Congregations, and Bishops Conferences. Bishop Bruskewitz was well within his limits by doing that.

A few observations: First, the excommunications formerly incurred by Catholics who joined the Mason's was latae sententiae (immediate--no formal action required by a Bishop) Second, as I said in POST #6 (though admittedly not very clearly) the penalty for a Caholic who joined the Mason's was...

Very nice. Thank you for sharing!

I've read the entire New Testament and probably 80 percent (if not more) of the Old. My preferred translations are the New American Bible (raised Catholic, and I'm used to the translation), and the New Revised Standard Version-Catholic edition (can't seem to shake my Catholic heritage, I like...

If some GM shut it down in the past, the current one obviously has no problem with it (and that is what is most important).

Thanks for sharing that link! It was nice to see a picture of Jimmie Thompson again! Jimmie was a member at Oak Forest when I was raised and I got to know him fairly well between 1997 and 2004. I miss his ready smile and hearty laugh. I'd heard about the Cowboy Lodge, but had never seen that...

I'll take you up on that whenever I visit there! Thanks! :14:

I've never attended a tiled meeting in Texas where the pledge to both flags was not recited. We did it in Humble on Tuesday, we always did it at my home lodge (Oak Forest #1398). Jwhoff, I'll have to make it to Sam B. Crawford in New Caney to see that!

Actually, a mix of sweet and spicy in the sauce. Gates and KC Masterpiece are two sample sauces that you can buy (my wife and I make our own and don't have a consistent recipe) that are different, but have similarities. Gates has a LOT of black pepper in it and is very spicy, whereas KC...

I use both. If I am grilling meat (bratwurst, chicken, pork chops, etc.--higher heat) I prefer gas because it is quick and easy and I find that the heat source doesn't have that big of an impact when grilling because the meat is so close the heat anyway. If I am doing BBQ (smoking--indirect...

My kids love WoW, but I'm a dedicated Lord of the Rings Online guy myself.

Re: What is "within Freemasonry" Don't forget to add philosophy to that list! (only partially kidding, I have an MA in philosophy and two of my areas of interest is classical/medieval philosophy of nature and the philosophy of science).

I am against one day classes. I didn't like the fact that Texas changed the interval between degrees to two weeks (it was 30 days when I went through the degrees in 1997).

Re: why are Catholics "excommunicated" I agree with you on this. There is NO Church document which states this. The most explicit official document that explains the Church's teaching against Masonry is the encyclical letter Humanum Genus written in 1884 by Pope Leo XIII. I don't...

Actually, I'm not currently affiliated with a lodge, but I did dimit in good standing so I am considered an "unaffiliated mason" (according to Texas Masonic Law). I am, however, investigating the lodge's near me and will likely re-affiliate in the near future. Joining this forum has made the...

My sentiments exactly, to be quite honest. When asked about the teachings of the Church, I like to tell what the Church teaches and not my opinion. I've been a KofC for almost 25 years and a Mason for almost 15 (though not affiliated that whole time).

The Revised Code of Canon Law (Church Law) published during the reign of John Paul II in 1983 was rather ambiguous about Masonic membership (and the Commentary made it seem like if Masonic organizations did not plot against the Church, Catholics could join). In 1983, shortly after the...

Initiated Sept 1997. Passed Nov. 1997. Raised Dec. 1997. Turned in my MM proficience in Jan. 1998. It took me more time to learn the EA work than it did the FC or MM work...lol.