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The Fleet Sources – 7 December 2025 – 2nd Sunday of Advent – 2-A

Chasing Holiness (N)

St. John of the Cross:
Kavanaugh, Kiernan, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D. The Collected Works of John of the Cross. Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1973.

Sr. Mary Inquiry (N)

Doctors of the Church:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05075a.htm
and
http://www.catholic.org/saints/doctors.php

In the Year 1854 (N)

St. Bernadette Soubirous:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1757

Saints Preserve Us (N)

St. Juan Diego:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=73\
and
http://www.americancatholic.org/Messenger/Jul2002/Feature1.asp#top

Catholic I.D. (T)

Catholic Answers Forum: “What is the Biblical definition of a prophet?”
https://forums.catholic.com/t/what-is-the-biblical-definition-of-a-prophet/381938

Our Salvation History: A Special Story (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – read numbers 109 through 118 for background about how to read the Bible:
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a3.htm#113

Jesse Tree, Second Week of Advent (T)

Loyola Press:
https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/advent/the-jesse-tree/the-jesse-tree-for-the-second-week-of-advent?p=1

The Fleet Sources – 30 November 2025 – First Sunday of Advent – 1-A

Sr. Mary Inquiry (N)

About the Lectionary:
http://www.usccb.org/bible/understanding-the-bible/faq.cfm

In the Year 6-4BC (N)

Septuagint:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13722a.htm

Scriptural Secrets (N)

Book of Revelation: Cavins, Jeff and Thomas Smith. Revelation: The Kingdom Yet To Come. West Chester, PA: Ascension Press, 2007.  (p.22)

Saints Preserve us (N)

St. Francis Xavier:
http://www.xavier.edu/mission-identity/heritage-tradition/Who-was-St-Ignatius-Loyola.cfm
and
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06233b.htm
and
http://www.memorialpinescemetery.com/sanfranciscoxavier/StFranBody.htm#st

From your lips… (T)

Loyola Press – the Jesse Tree
https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/advent/the-jesse-tree

Our Salvation History: “In the beginning…” (T)

Online Etymology Dictionary – genesis
https://www.etymonline.com/word/genesis

Tugboat Challenge: The Jesse Tree, Week I

Loyola Press – Jesse Tree, First Week of Advent
https://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/liturgical-year/advent/the-jesse-tree/the-jesse-tree-for-the-first-week-of-advent?p=1