Chasing Holiness (N)

The Vatican Website. “Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II For The Celebration of the World Day of Peace. (1 January 2002) “No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Forgiveness,” #10.
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/messages/peace/documents/hf_jp-ii_mes_20011211_xxxv-world-day-for-peace_en.html

It’s Been Said… (N)

Branick, Vincent P. Understanding Paul and His Letters.  New York: Paulist Press, 2009.
*specifically pp. 113-117 for explanation of letter integrity.

Hurtado, Larry W. How On Earth Did Jesus Become a God? Historical Questions about Earliest Devotion to Jesus. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2005.
“Lex orandi, lex credendi” (“As we pray, so we believe.”) With this as a premise, Hurtado mines the practices of early followers of Christ for the authentic beliefs that moved and motivated them, see specifically pp. 2-6.
*see pp. 31-42 for development of argument that devotional practices were already well established by Paul’s conversion
*see pp. 83-107 for a detailed analysis of the Christological Hymn found in Philippians and it’s significance in pointing to the early Christian recognition of Jesus’ divinity

Scriptural Secrets (N)

Brown, Raymond E., SS. Joseph A Fitzmyer, S.J., and Roland E. Murphy, O. Carm., Eds. New Jerome Biblical Commentary. New Jersey: Prestice Hall, 1990.
*specifically pp. 664-665.

Gazing Back at God (N)

The Vatican Observatory
http://vaticanobservatory.org

Fr. Georges Lamaitre and the Big Bang
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=8847

Our Salvation History: Solomon’s Downfall (T)

See 1 Kings 11

Saints Preserve Us (N)

St. Jerome
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=10#comments

St. Paula
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paula

St. Eustochium Julia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05629a.htm