{"id":130,"date":"2007-05-02T15:06:46","date_gmt":"2007-05-02T22:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theeduca.mywhc.ca\/?p=130"},"modified":"2007-05-02T15:06:46","modified_gmt":"2007-05-02T22:06:46","slug":"fortitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/fortitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Fortitude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fortitude<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

I must admit that this word has been driving me crazy, in that few words are used in my reference material regarding its meaning, however, this morning I woke up with a different thought of how to approach its meaning and I do hope you will understand my intent.<\/p>\n

Fortitude\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Webster\u2019s New Collegiate Dictionary<\/h3>\n
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  1. Strength 2. Strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Fortitude<\/span><\/strong> Lexicon of Freemasonry \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Albert. G. Mackey<\/p>\n

    One of the four cardinal virtues, whose excellencies are dilated on in the first degree. It not only instructs the worthy Mason to bear the ills of life with becoming resolution, \u201ctaking up arms against a sea of trouble\u201d but, by its intimate connection with a portion of our ceremonies, it teaches him to let no dangers shake, no pains dissolve the inviolable fidelity he owes to the trusts imposed in him.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Fortitude<\/span><\/strong> Freemason\u2019s Guide and Compendium\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bernard E, Jones \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Page 290<\/p>\n

    To support a Brother.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    In that these definitions, while accurate, did not give me a clear message I decided to look at my Thesaurus and lo and behold here is what I found.<\/p>\n

    Fortitude<\/span> Webster\u2019s New Complete Thesaurus<\/p>\n

    Noun.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A quality of character combining courage and staying power.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Synonym (the same or almost the same) backbone, grit, guts, intestinal fortitude, moxie, nerve, sand, spunk.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Related words Courage, mettle, pith, resoluteness, resolution, spirit, stick-to-itiveness, tenacity,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Boldness. Bravery, courageousness, dauntlessness, fearlessness, intrepidity, valiancy, valor, valorousness, endurance, stamina, strength, constancy, determination, perseverance.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

    Comment<\/span><\/h3>\n

    Now, I believe I better understand what our ancient brethren had in mind when they included this word as a Cardinal Virtue.<\/p>\n

    Personally, I think back through life to the times when I was faced with the choice of doing the \u201cEXPEDIENT<\/strong>\u201d thing and\/or being faced with situations where \u201cTHE END WOULD JUSTIFY THE MEANS\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    As I grow older I fervently believe that it is in situations such as this that we have the opportunity to identify ourselves as MASONS<\/strong> by doing what we KNOW<\/strong> to be RIGHT.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Remember to look for the FOUR TASSELS<\/strong> located in your Lodge Room and think of them as a constant reminder of the CARDINAL VIRTUES.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Norm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fortitude Webster\u2019s New Collegiate Dictionary<\/p>\n

    1. Strength 2. Strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage.<\/p>\n

    Fortitude Lexicon of Freemasonry Albert. G. Mackey<\/p>\n

    One of the four cardinal virtues, whose excellencies are dilated on in the first degree. It not only instructs the worthy Mason to bear the ills of life with becoming resolution, \u201ctaking up arms against a sea of trouble\u201d but, by its intimate connection with a portion of our ceremonies, it teaches him to let no dangers shake, no pains dissolve the inviolable fidelity he owes to the trusts imposed in him.<\/p>\n

    Fortitude Freemason\u2019s Guide and Compendium Bernard E, Jones Page 290<\/p>\n

    To support a Brother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-educator","tag-masonic"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"MasterMason","author_link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/author\/mastermason\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"The Educator<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Fortitude Webster\u2019s New Collegiate Dictionary 1. Strength 2. Strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage. Fortitude Lexicon of Freemasonry Albert. G. Mackey One of the four cardinal virtues, whose excellencies are dilated on in the first degree. It not only instructs the worthy Mason to…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}