Can you place a mask on a guide

Hello,
I am trying to learn some masking techniques and I was making a file that looks like a flashlight is going across the screen and revealing its masked layer.
I would love to be able to make the spotlight move all over the page, and so I wanted to attach it to a guide on a guide layer.
is that possible? Right now, it doesn't give me the option in the layers properties.
thanks

Hi Rob,
I know you gave me the correct answer, but I am having some trouble doing it.
I can't seem to break up the groups of layers (mask and masked, and guide and guided) to get this to work.
I made a simple file with 2 different background color options. Then I wanted to put my ball movie clip on a guide and use that as the mask.
I was unsuccessful..I tried different combination of what I enclosed here, but no go.
Would you or anyone else out there take a look at my file and see why I cannot get the mask to go on the guide layer?
Thanks!
babs

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