Cherry Mound Masonic Lodge #227

04/20/2026

Reminder!! Stated meeting Tuesday 04/21/26. Please attend!

03/12/2026

You alls come Tuesday to the Stated Meeting. March 17th.

12/24/2025

May your hearts be filled with joy this Holy Season and you prosper all your days. Peace and Grace to you and yours, Doug Lee

10/22/2025

Bitterness may touch the heart...
but it must never shape the soul...
There are trials that leave a mark...
The first heartbreak...
when love is lost and innocence fades...
The first dismissal...
when your labor is cast aside and your worth questioned...
The first betrayal of the body...
when strength falters and the vessel fails...
These moments wound...
They carve deep channels in the spirit...
They leave scars...
not to shame...
but to teach...
Yet bitterness is not a dwelling fit for the Builder...
It is a shadow to pass through...
not a stone to set in the foundation...
To linger is to let the poison seep into the mortar of your being...
To dwell is to let the wound become your name...
So learn...
Carry the scar as a symbol of endurance...
not resentment...
Let it remind you of the lesson...
not the pain...
Then rise...
Lay bitterness down like a spent tool...
And continue the Great Work...
tempered...
tender...
and true.

09/19/2025

Credit to originator

Why Are Freemasons So Generous?

They give of their time...
of their treasure...
of their presence.

Not because they are compelled...
Not because they are watched...
But because something sacred has taken root.

The Craft teaches that what we give away is what endures beyond us.
Brotherhood teaches that another man’s burden is never his alone.
And the Work, the slow, steady chiseling of the soul, carves away the stone of self until generosity flows like breath.

This kind of giving is rare...
It is quiet...
It is powerful...

To see a man offer without seeking praise,
to see a group of men give without asking for glory, is to witness the fruit of transformation.

They do not give to be seen.
They give because they have become the kind of men who must.

09/15/2025

Brothers please attend the Stated Meeting Tuesday September 35th. Eat at 6 work at 7

08/15/2025

Stated Meeting for August is Tuesday August 19, 2025. If you haven't attended lately there are a lot of good things happening at Cherry Mound.

07/17/2025

Living Stone
The cornerstone is not of granite hue, Nor etched in rites the old ones knew. Not stitched in robes or traced in lore, Its truth lies deeper, at the core.
It dwells within the Mason’s heart, Where silent virtues play their part— In earnest hands that serve, then rest, In quiet deeds that stand the test.
He speaks with purpose, listens more, Seeks not the praise he's working for. He walks the path when none can see, A soul aligned in mystery.
Though ritual shapes the sacred frame, And history calls each Brother’s name— The Lodge may give the form its grace, But living hearts the light embrace.

07/14/2025

Good Grief it is tomorrow night! Stated Meeting
Tuesday July 15th. Be there or you won't.

07/12/2025

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