Category Archives: Feasts

Today, Sing “Ubi Caritas!”

Posted on April 9, 2020 by marklangley

Today, Holy Thursday, is the day for singing the ancient chant Ubi Caritas! UBI caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos … Continue reading →

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Tenebrae 8 April 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 by marklangley

Heading into the Triduum – this Tenebrae Service provides a lovely Spiritual warm-up for Holy Thursday. I am thankful for the help that my wife and children provided in singing the various psalms and motets. Among the motets sung (as … Continue reading →

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The Priest: Privileged Witness of the Reality of Grace Present in the World

Posted on January 3, 2020 by marklangley

On this, the eve of the Epiphany, with the Christ Child still lying in the manger, a great many Catholics everywhere are hoping and praying for a year of renewed grace. And, of course, with the turn of the secular … Continue reading →

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As Long as Catholics Continue Feasting, Christendom Still Exists!

Posted on December 27, 2019 by marklangley

What is a perennial truth if nothing other than a truth which springs up every year? We who are strangers and sojourners in the city of man, we who aspire towards citizenship in the city of God, we know that … Continue reading →

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Still Thankful After All These Years

Posted on November 30, 2019 by marklangley

Grace builds upon nature. Or as we classically educated Latin teachers would construe, Gratia Supponit Naturam or even “Gratia aedificat super naturam”? In any case, whether George Washington was stirred by the Holy Ghost, when he rendered his first Thanksgiving … Continue reading →

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Easter 2019! Boeuf en Croute Alleluia!

Posted on April 22, 2019 by marklangley

Easter came a little later this year, but as a good friend likes to remind me, God is seldom early but He is never late! I am not sure how true this is, but it does seem to describe pretty well … Continue reading →

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Trim the Hearth and Set the Table 2018

Posted on December 26, 2018 by marklangley

As we have mentioned before, one of the great joys of Christmas springs from the fact that while it is renewed every year, it nonetheless is renewed precisely because it encapsulates and brings forth the things from of old. It … Continue reading →

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This School Choir May Have Just Made History

Posted on December 9, 2018 by marklangley

In what might be a new world record, or perhaps simply a first of its kind choral accomplishment, the fifty-five voice Lyceum Choir sang back to back liturgies – one in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, celebrated by Cardinal … Continue reading →

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Ever Ancient Ever New: Feasting at Easter!

Posted on April 2, 2018 by marklangley

Happy Easter! Now some of you might be thinking, “hmmm….this photo looks suspiciously familiar.” Or “Haven’t I seen this before?” Well, my response is “yes and no!” Although these photos are all brand new, they are, nonetheless, the same in … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2017: Feast Edition!

Posted on December 27, 2017 by marklangley

Although Christmas day itself has passed, nonetheless the Church insists that we keep up the celebration! As obedient sons and daughters, ours is the task to celebrate the feast as heartily as possible for as long as we can – … Continue reading →

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