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A Fitting Sentiment on the Feast Day of Leo the Great: Go away Barbarians

Posted on November 10, 2025 by marklangley
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Resurrexit 2025

Posted on April 26, 2025 by marklangley

As it is still Saturday within the octave of Easter, I knew I had to get out my “annual” Easter Post. This year was a little different as I am a now a former church musician – that is to … Continue reading →

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Days 116-118: Ninth and Tenth Commandments and Part IV: Prayer- the necessity, fruits and parts of prayer

Posted on August 28, 2024 by marklangley
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Exploring the Catechism of the Council of Trent: Day 2

Posted on January 12, 2023 by marklangley

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Today, Sing “Ubi Caritas!”

Posted on April 14, 2022 by marklangley

Originally posted on Classical Catholic Education:
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…

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Classical Catholic Education and Sacred Music!

Posted on May 1, 2018 by marklangley

The Catholic classical school is the proper place for the formation of students in sacred music. Every student should sing. Every student can sing. No exceptions. The Church depends on it. Lyceum students demonstrated the truth of this once again! … Continue reading →

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Don’t Follow Your Passions

Posted on February 26, 2018 by marklangley

As the Israelites wandered forty years in the desert before entering the promised land, so Christians traverse the forty days of Lent (which might seem like 40 years to some of us!). God led the The Israelites out of Egypt through … Continue reading →

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Make Your House Fair as You are Able!

Posted on December 22, 2017 by marklangley

What is Christmas about? What is Advent about except to prepare for and celebrate the arrival of Wisdom Himself, in the form of a little baby, into the warm hospitable stables of our own hearts! We have been doing our … Continue reading →

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A Third Reason Why Philosophy is The Best and Most Noble Music

Posted on October 10, 2017 by marklangley

Let’s see if we can make this argument quickly and effectively! We have given two reasons why Socrates said that “Philosophy Is The Best And Most Noble Music.” We now present a third. Maybe there are more than three? But … Continue reading →

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The First Reason Why Philosophy Is The Best And Noblest Music

Posted on October 8, 2017 by marklangley

The first reason why philosophy is the best and noblest music is taken from what music shares with all the fine arts but has in a preeminent degree. All the fine arts are works of reason. (I prefer to say that … Continue reading →

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