From
Bro. Nestor's passionate dissertation of the current political condition in our
country, one can hardly disagree. However, I am not clear of exactly what
he is proposing. Given that the political and religious issue discussions
are restricted in the open Lodge, I'm not sure how this issue could be
highlighted especially the GLP's close relationship
with the current President.
Freemasonry is not
about community building organizations such as Rotary, Lions Club,
it is not about local business networking such as Chamber of Commerce nor a
religious support group like KofC. While those endevours are noble and certainly worth of time, they are
not the focus of the Craft. Those projects are the result of individual understanding
of the Lessons or Mysteries of Freemansonry. WB
Emilio Aguinaldo application of his knowledge of the
Craft was well recorded in our history.
The text below was
taken from the Grand Lodge of British Columbia and
"Time and
again it has been asserted that masonry played an important role in the design
of the Philippine flag and that some of its symbols were meant to memorialize
the Craft. These assertions are essentially plausible, for the man principally
responsible for its design — President Emilio Aguinaldo
— was a zealous masonic partisan. In one of his
speeches delivered after the Revolution, Aguinaldo
said; "The successful Revolution of 1986 was masonically
inspired, masonically led, and masonically
executed. And I venture to say that the first Philippine Republic
of which I was its humble president, was an achievement we owe, largely, to
masonry and the freemasons." Speaking of the revolutionists, he added;
"With God to illumine them, and masonry to inspire them, they fought the
battle of emancipation and won." During the Revolution, Aguinaldo frequently displayed a marked bias in favor of
freemasons and masonry. He made membership in the masonic
fraternity an important qualification for appointments to government positions.
His nepotism was so pronounced, a critic of masonry
denounced it as one of the "evils" of the Revolution."
Are we witnessing
the reincarnation of a great leader and brother or maybe a wisp of neo-Masonic
organization known as Katipunan? 'just wondering...
Fraternally,
Rudy Olano
Linclon Lodge No. 34
28Feb05
--- In glphils@yahoogroups.com, "Rey Algas" <rmalgas@l...> wrote:
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> THE NATION, INTELLECT & FREEDOM
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> By: Bro. Nestor Reynaldo M. Algas
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> Brethren, our Nation's political leaders were being elected and installed
in the highest offices of our government without the people necessarily
evaluating and considering their capabilities to intellectually govern. They
were placed in those positions not because they were intellectually capable but
because they were popular. And we are living witnesses to the failures of their
governance and the debasement of our once great political system. Our people
are still restrained by the chains of poverty and our country is still under
political & economic bondage to aiding countries.
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> Our country is now popularly called the SICKMAN OF ASIA. To cure the
malady, I believe that our people's values must be transformed and the key is
education. For only when our people have gained knowledge will they better
appreciate the truth, value more their rights and subsequently will learn to
love and sustain their newfound freedom. In consequence, our people will be
intellectually fit to choose better leaders who possesses not only good
intellect but are also proven for their honesty, integrity and love for humanity;
leaders who may lead us to a better life, subservient to our needs and vigilant
in protecting our freedom. As the following
sayings implies, "Education and science makes a man wise",
"Wisdom is Power" and "Power is Freedom."
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> Thus, My Brethren: To develop our FREE STATE from the rough ashlar, I believe that the EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE is the GREAT
LABOR in which FREEMASONRY should lend a helping hand.