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Ashlar Lodge N0. 29 Special Meeting at the George Washington Memorial in Alexandria,
Virginia on 14 th Day of May, 2024.

A MASTER’S PRAYER
Jack R. Levitt, PGM, & PM No 6 & No. 18

I have aspiration for my Lodge this year. That it be successful in membership, in reputation and in having
its members as leaders in the community. That it be recognized as a place of trust and tranquility in
a world of strife, where we meet as Brothers to learn to know one another, where we are lenient with
each other’s feelings and ready to relieve each other’s wants. That it have a lasting influence for good.

I also have aspirations for the members of our Lodge. That they recognize Masonry is a way of life and
its values are in accordance with the way they live its lessons. That they come to realize that being a
good Mason is more that being good at ritual, or attending Lodge, and that the marks of a good Mason
are not glib phrases, nor shining jewelry, but an insatiable curiosity, a love of learning and a desire to
know the truth. That they learn that Masonry teaches more than subduing the passions, that it impels
them to improve their minds and their outlook to allow the spiritual in to prevail over the material, the
moral over the sensual and the ethical over the dishonest.

That they come to appreciate that to learn and acquire knowledge is a necessity for every noble soul,
and that to share that knowledge with others is also; and that, in fact, this is precisely what they came
here to do. That they, therefore, equate the immortality of the soul with the necessity of study, reflect
and discriminate so that they may use the spark of divinity that is in each of them, and thus bear the
flame of knowledge and enlightenment thought to the betterment of mankind.

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