A special occasion

Just one month ago we commemorate a special occasion, the gathering of the Family in the Christian world. We convene ours. It would be fair to remember that the 25th of December was the day of the Solstice of Winter and of St John, the Baptist, before turning to be the day that commemorate the birth of Jesus, our Brother.

Somewhere we gather once again celebrating Christmas

Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! 
It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard,
on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion!
For there the Lord has commanded the blessing, life forevermore.

Christmas

Luz do Oriente had its Christmas Party among Brethren, families and friends. The group is enlarging every year and seems far away the time when we were six around the table. The joy to be a Freemason is beyond any type of calculation of advantage, gain or privilege. That is why we look to have the best among us. In every Christmas Party we close the sequence of toasts with one that dates from the begining of the Brotherhood:

A todos os Maçons que se encontram longe das suas casas ou afastados dos seus, em sofrimento, ou em viajem, na terra, no ar e no mar, desejamos-lhe um pronto restabelecimento no regresso a casa se assim o desejarem. (To all Freemasons that are faraway from their homes or apart their loving ones, in suffering, or in voyage by land, air or sea, we wish a complete recover on their return home if they wish to do so).

A Merry Christmas and a Joyfull New Year for All Men of goodwill because the world need them, more and more.

Christmas. Luz do Oriente.

Luz do Oriente is celebrating these days its second Christmas in Macao gathering the officials of the Triangle and their families. Freemasonry shares, with the Christian world, the affection to the symbolism of the Season that simbolizes a time of gathering, love, forgiveness and brotherhood. We wish to all freemasons - wherever they may be - a joyfull season, hearthfully momens in the company of their families and friends, and a particular wish: they may use one moment to rise their spirits and prays to the Grand Architect of Universe and ask His Protection, Love, and Guidance to the Human Race and Universal Freemasonry, in the new year that starts in few days.
There is always some elements of optimism and trust in the capacity of Humanity to correct what is wrong and unfair, to make new progresses; what we, masons, call the "polishing of the rough stone". There is always hope, and faith, even in the most dark and despair moments. Nevertheless the pessimism coming from the international financial crises we look for better times and a new beginning.