KNIGHTS MODREN RULE ON THE TEMPLE AND ITS SERVICE REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE A TEMPLAR,AN INHERITOR OF THE (POOR FELLOW SOLDIERS OF THE TEMPLE,SO CALLED BECAUSE THE FIRST HEADQUARTERS OF OUR NOBLE ORDER WERE THE PRECINCT OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM,THINK ON THE WORD (TEMPLE) AND ITS MEANING CONTINUALLY, AS DIVINE SCRIPTURE SAYS, ONE THING HAVE WE DESIRED OF THE LORD WHICH I WILL REQUIRE THAT I MAY DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ALL THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES TO BEHOLD THE FAIR BEAUTY OF THE LORD AND TO VIST HIS TEMPLE ON LOVE OF THE CHURCH CONSIDER WITH JOY THAT WE NO LONGER STRANGERS AND FOREIGNERS,BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH THE SAINTS AND MENBERS OF THE HOUSE HOLD OF GOD,BUILT ON FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS,CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE CONERSTONE, IN WHOM THE WHOLE BUILDING BEING BOUNDED TOGETHER GROWS INTO A HOLY TEMPLE OF THE LORD,AND IN WHOM WE ARE BUILT TOGETHER AS A DWELLING OF GOD THROUGH SPIRIT. ON DISCIPLINE OF THE BODY READ OVER AGAIN THE ORIGINAL RULE GIVEN TO US BY ST BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX AND SEEK TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE IN MODERN LIFE,WITH ALL THANKFULNESS OF GODS GOOD GIFTS,RESIST TEMPTATION AND BE MASTER OF YOUR OWN BODY ON KNIGHTLY COMBAT BE MINDFUL THAT YOU ARE ON THE CRUSADE OF KING OF KINGS, UNLESS YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND FOLLOW ME,YOU HAVE NO PART WITH ME SAID OUR MASTER DO NOT BE AFRAID TO CONFESS THE KING WHO IS LIKE NO OTHER,MAY THE MANTLE REMIND YOU THAT WE FIGHT A HOLY WAR IN ALL TRUTHFULNESS,AND MAY THE RED CROSS REMIND YOU THAT SACIFICES MUST BE MADE,FOR WE DO NOT FIGHT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD,BUT AGAINST POTENTATES AND POWERS,AGAINST THE RULERS OF DARKNESS OF THIS WORLD,AND AGAINST SPIRITUAL WICKEDNESS IN THE UNIVERSE ON FELLOWSHIP REMEMBER THAT YOU STAND BESIDE YOUR BROTHER/SISTER AT ALL TIMES, AS HE/SHE FIGHTS UNDER THE SAME BANNER AS YOU,FEEL RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BROTHER/SISTER,FOR GOD WILL ALSO ASK YOU ONE DAY,WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER/SISTER? OBEY YOURSUPERIORS,HONOURING CHRIST IN THEM,WE HAVE ONLY ONE MASTER,(CHRIST) BUT WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS,....AS A KNIGHT,STAND UP FOR THE WEAK,ABOVE ALL FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN,WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WHO NEED YOUR HELP,AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY OF THE ORDER TO CORRESPOND WITH YOUR BROTHERS OR SISTERS AND VIST THEM WHENEVER YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:26:35 +0000
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