THE GRAND LODGE OF 
Masonic meetings involve three types of action. The first and most important is a symbolic act, a kind of drama-allegory related to the legend of King Solomon's Temple. The second action is purely organizational-solving current tasks. The third action includes the export of the so-called edifices (written works) before the lodge or gatherings of the fraternity.
The anxiety of presenting a building is understandable for the apprentice. For him, this is a test. Forgetting at such a moment that tolerance is one of the values in Freemasonry, he "sits quietly in the gloom of the north column", overflowing with thoughts about the ritual, and does not feel fit to express them. Ritual to him is still like a deep lake. It has reached a protuberance, enveloped in the waves of the new, the mysterious, but the true depths are far away. And he needs support, guidance, and guides. These are all included in the brother chain. From here also comes the responsibility of each one to each other of the brotherhood.
Every Mason is a building himself. Even as an Apprentice accepted into the Master's workshop, he brings his thoughts and soul, and with every meeting, with every ritual performed, they are processed by the masters, the journeymen, and also by the other apprentices. In this way, he is not only energized, but also binds himself more and more closely in the brotherhood. The life of the Mason is devoid of meaning if he is away from the work of building the Temple. In order to build something, a union of freedom and will is needed. In addition, however, responsibility must also be applied in relation to construction.
An aspect of this responsibility is also participation in union life. Fichte, describing the Freemason's Union, says "...Each one strives to make his contribution so as to be able to reach every member of society; and the whole society is struggling to support his aspiration…. In this association each gets as much as he gives; precisely because he gives and he is given the ability to be able to give…”. And this is equally true for both the Apprentice and the Master.
The newly accepted Apprentice-Mason develops this aspiration gradually, overcome by what he experiences during a ritual, during fraternal gatherings, during his contacts in the fraternity. Thus gradually, through participation, through initiatives and real actions, sharing of thoughts, feelings and these, he binds his life spiritually with the life in the community. The brethren, having accepted his opinion, surround him with a confidence which establishes him in the lodge, and he opens himself to them as much as his heart desires and permits.
The Masonic dedication obliges to activity and it is not possible to change the life of the Mason if there is no responsible attitude towards the presence of rituals, events, participation in the life of the lodge. This is how we reach the problem of building priorities when arranging commitments.
It has happened to everyone that he is at the crossroads between worldly duties and the strict fulfillment of his Masonic duties. There are even situations when we succumb to self-deception about the significance of an excuse for absence. There is no moment in the life of a Mason, his spirit and behavior do not have a temporal characteristic, they are not periodic. It is for this reason that everyone should remember the answer of the First Warden to the Chair Master at the closing of the proceedings of the Lodge, that the work of the Mason is never finished, and that which is sought is reflected and finds its continuation in the profane life as well. In fact, it is a call, before a "return" back to the world of passions and the material, to submit, to discipline one's own behavior.
In praise of the Great Architect of the Universe!