At the end of last year, the Sovereign Grand Commander Il & PP Fr Stelian Nistor 33º sent a personal message to each member of the Ancient Scottish Rite and Accepted from ROMANIA on the occasion of the "beginning of the years" in 2022.
Bucharest, on December 31, 2021
My dear brother,
This is not the usual end-of-year message. We live in a time of change. I don't want to pay homage to the end. It's time to start. It's a message from the beginning of the year. Yes, I intentionally wrote "years" in the plural. I wanted to be a message about the beginning of what we will do going forward in the years to come.
I believe that the only time when our country, Romania, was truly RESPECTED by the rest of the world in the year ending, was on December 17, at our National Session. It was concrete and unequivocal, it's just on the Masonic level. For all the foreigners awarded by us, the Romanians, to consider, in plain sight, that it is an honor for them, cannot be a small thing. Someone from abroad said that on December 17 in Bucharest history was written. Romania is respected by the whole Masonic world and due to its attitude and achievements The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of the Last 140 Years. Thanks to each of its member Masonic Masters. I mean, thanks to you, my dear Brother.
Now we can truly build together, "from the foundation stone," a spiritual work with which our direct descendants, from our families, not only those to whom we will become foremost in the Rite, may be proud over the years. Not to be ashamed. It's a truly historic chance.
At the online meeting in Bucharest on December 17, 41 of the approximately 60 countries in which there are -Regular and Recognized- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites were represented at the highest level by 69 delegates. Although fed up with so many Zoom, many over 700 Romanian Brothers wanted to be together, some not even at the whole event, as much as they could, entering and leaving either due to internet connections, or on the way to us or through foreign countries, others through hospitals, others, it's true, few, of nerves and envy… Did we need another confirmation that we are not on the wrong side of the road? Our imitators, in fact an increasingly insignificant group of miserable imitators of Freemasonry in our country, those who, lying and lying to themselves, led travelers here, could not present the "ticket" to control. They were taken out of the wagons. Still coming down…
As long as you can tell yourself that life begins today, the urge to move forward takes on a deeper meaning. But anyway, whether we like it or not, whether we accept it or not, the rest of your life and my life begins today. Let's clean it up. Let's at least try to make it better. The modesty displayed may, in fact, obscure the poverty of the facts. Asking for a little bit of life can mean that you have little to give in return. You risk being left with nothing. Asking for the absolute, you will still be left with something. Looking for perfection, we will not achieve perfection, it is only of the Great Architect. The state of grace is given to the seeker, who is endowed with the power to know. However, this is not for everyone.
Freemasonry is also told, but it is also lived. Freemasonry is not imitated. It is lived. Freemasonry unites. The monkeying of Freemasonry is divisive. Imitation does not stand. No matter how hard you try, it's still a fake. Waiting and doing nothing does not always indicate wisdom. But it can raise the suspicion of hypocrisy. You know that if you pretend you don't see the mess, it doesn't stop. And it sprinkles you. But you are too smart not to know that those around us see us exactly at the same time we think we only see them.
Life begins today. But you know that not only from today onwards do you have the chance for your name to be mentioned in the future among the real men who undertook to wash away the shame of Freemasonry in Romania by cleansing the filth. Among those who restore to Romanian Freemasonry Trust, Honor and Dignity. They tried to steal them from us by imitating deceptions. Taking advantage of our inattention, the imitators tried to temporarily pawn our values in exchange for undue Masonic, social, and material benefits. You can lie to someone for a while, but not everyone all the time. Tic, tac, tic tac… Stay with us who won the ticket and really deserve their place. Receiving this message is confirmation of your ticket. The road will not seem long to you, because the route is beautiful and the company chosen. Look at who is on your right and left: are you a little proud? But so do we! We're moving forward!
Happy New Year, it's better than all!
Stelian Nistor, 33º
