Category Archives: Sacred Doctrine

Day 10 I believe in God the Father “Almighty”

Posted on January 23, 2023 by marklangley

In this episode we discuss the word almighty in the first article of the Creed. This word does not imply that God is able to do things which are actions of weakness (e.g lying or being deceived). Additionally, the in … Continue reading →

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Day 8: I believe in God “The Father”

Posted on January 20, 2023 by marklangley

In today’s episode we discuss four reason why creatures might call their creator “Father.”

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Day 7: Credo in “Unum Deum”

Posted on January 18, 2023 by marklangley

In today’s excursion in the Catechism of the Council of Trent we discuss the first article of the Creed further, with particular emphasis on why we believe in one God.

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Day Six: I Believe “in God”

Posted on January 17, 2023 by marklangley
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Day Four

Posted on January 14, 2023 by marklangley

Today we read the opening pages of Part I of The Catechism of The Council of Trent concerning “The Creed.”

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Why Has Education Collapsed?

Posted on July 11, 2021 by marklangley

Over the course of my thirty years as an unwitting member of a loosely knit community that might even amount to a ‘movement’-an education reform movement-I have certainly met many whom I feel fortunate to call friends, who care deeply … Continue reading →

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Did You Know That Drinking Milk Is An Excellent Preparation For Eating Meat?

Posted on November 9, 2017 by marklangley

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 →

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Newsflash: Just Because You Know What Virtue is Does Not Mean You are Virtuous.

Posted on May 21, 2017 by marklangley

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 →

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Do Your Children Know the Ten Commandments?

Posted on May 4, 2017 by marklangley

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 →

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Did Jesus Really Become Sorrowful?

Posted on April 9, 2017 by marklangley

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 →

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