I am Mark Langley. In case you didn't notice, I am all about liberal education.
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- A Case for Bribery
- “’Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.”: Why we are Tempted
- To Hell with The Socratic Method!
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- Do Children Know How to Educate Themselves?
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- We Don’t Need No Education
- This School Choir May Have Just Made History
- The Sun Shall be Darkened: First Sunday of Advent.
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Category Archives: Augustine
The Prodigal Son and The Prodigal Mind: Our Lord’s Parable for Educators
Our Lord’s parable about the man who had two sons, upon the younger of whom tradition has bestowed the sobriquet ‘prodigal,’ provides an excellent lesson for parents everywhere who are concerned about the education of their children. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Ambrose, Augustine, Catena Aurea, college, education, liberal education, soul, truth for its own sake
Tagged Creation of Adam, Lent, Prodigal Son, Sabrina, St. Ambrose
2 Comments
The Sun Shall be Darkened: First Sunday of Advent.
No one can hear the Gospel for the First Sunday of Advent without feeling at least a twinge of dread. I mean, Yikes! People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world. Our Lord undoubtedly meant to … Continue reading
Posted in Advent, Ambrose, Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea
Tagged Advent, Christmas, Second Coming, Song of Songs, Sun
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Did You Know That Drinking Milk Is An Excellent Preparation For Eating Meat?
Sometimes St. Paul seems downright condescending! For whereas for the time you ought to be masters, you have need to be taught again what are the first elements of the words of God: and you are become such as have … Continue reading
Posted in aeschylus, Aquinas, Augustine, catholic education, Heraclitus, Homer, Sacred Doctrine, Socrates
Tagged Aquinas, Chateau Margaux, Greek Literature, Heraclitus, Meat, Milk, On Christine Doctrine, Saint Paul
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Newsflash: Just Because You Know What Virtue is Does Not Mean You are Virtuous.
Now I know that there are many of you who are just naturally charitable. You easily empathize with the suffering of others and you have a spontaneous instinct to do anything you can to help others carry their crosses and … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, liberal education, Newman, Sacred Doctrine
Tagged Aquinas, Aristotle, John Henry Newman, knowledge and virtue, Mother Teresa
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Do Your Children Know the Ten Commandments?
Every couple of years I have the opportunity to teach a course on the Ten Commandments to High School seniors and juniors. I always try to start the course with a one-question pop quiz that looks like this: Write down the … Continue reading
Did Jesus Really Become Sorrowful?
See, O Lord, and consider, for I am become vile… O all ye that pass by the way, attend, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow: Thus Jeremiah laments at the time of the Babylonian captivity, nonetheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Aquinas, Augustine, Catena Aurea, Sacred Doctrine, Uncategorized
Tagged Aquinas, Augustine, Hillary of Poitiers, Jerome, Palm Sunday, passion, Propassion
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The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well: Who Were Those Five Husbands?
The Gospel for the third Sunday of Lent offers a special little gem for the classically minded church-goer. As Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s Well, He tells her that the water in the well will only bring … Continue reading
Posted in Augustine, Catena Aurea, classical education, Uncategorized
Tagged Gary Michuta, jacob's well, samaritan woman
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