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The Fleet Sources – 14 December 2025 – 3rd Sunday of Advent – Gaudete – 3A

O Antiphons: (N)
http://catholic-resources.org/Lectionary/Advent-O-Antiphons.htm

RSV-Catholic Edition:
http://www.biblegateway.com

Scriptural Secrets: (N)

Marrow, S.J., Stanley B. The Words of Jesus in Our Gospels: A Catholic Response to Fundamentalism. New York. Paulist Press,  1979.

In the year 567: (N)

The History of Advent:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/advent/history/the-history-of-advent/

Catechetical Corner: (N)

Discipline of the Secret:
 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05032a.htm

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition. Libreria Editrice Vaticana. United States Catholic Conference, Washington, D.C. 1997

United States Catholic Catechism for Adults. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. 2006

Sr. Mary Inquiry: (N)

Pope Gregory VIII:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07001b.htm

Liturgical Year:
http://www.vatican.va/liturgical_year/liturgico_en/liturgico_en.html

Saints Preserve Us: (N)

St. Peter Canisius:
http://www.ewtn.com/saintsholy/saints/P/stpetercanisius.asp#ixzz2aeMmNTYh

From Your Lips to God’s Ear (T)

NC Register – “Gaudete Sunday: 11 Things to Know and Share…” by Jimmy Akin
http://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/gaudete-sunday-11-things-to-know-and-share-.-

Read: Daniel 3:52-58, 56 (NABRE)

Buried Treasure (T)

Catholic Resources – “The Gospel according to Matthew: Quotations from the Old Testament,” compiled by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D.
http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Matthew-OTQuotations.htm

Learn Religions – “44 Prophecies About Jesus Christ,” by Mary Fairchild
https://www.learnreligions.com/prophecies-of-jesus-fulfilled-700159

Jesus Film Project – “55 Old Testament Prophecies about Jesus”
https://www.jesusfilm.org/blog-and-stories/old-testament-prophecies.html

Our Salvation History: “In His Image, I” (T)

See The Dark Night, Psychological Experience and Spiritual Reality, by Marc Foley, O.C.D.

The Tugboat Challenge: The Jesse Tree, Week III

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

 

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