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The Fleet Sources – 8 December, 2024 – Second Sunday of Advent – 2-C

Be Still and Know That I Am God (N)– Pray Without Ceasing (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 2697)

 

Lukan Lights (N) (C)

An oft overlooked fact: Only Luke reports that Jesus re-attached the
slave’s ear severed by Peter at Gethsemane! (22:51)

 

Luke, an Artist? (N) (C)

Word on Fire – “Saint Luke, the Artist,” by Fr. Michael Cummins
https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/saint-luke-the-artist/

EWTN – “St. Luke,” by Staff
https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/saints/luke-674

Alateia – “4 Icons of Mary attributed to St. Luke the Evangelist,” by Philip Kosloski
https://aleteia.org/2017/10/18/4-icons-of-mary-attributed-to-st-luke-the-evangelist

 

Scriptural Secrets (M)– Hidden Gems (C)

Commentary, with special note made of the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

 

Buried Treasure (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 2644)

 

Catechetical Corner (N)– Catholic Passport (C)

New American Bible – Introduction to the Gospel of Luke:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/0

Agape Bible Study:
https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Advent_Season/Advent_2_c

 

Catholic I.D. (T)

Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 1225)

 

Tugboat – Church Builders: Mary

About the Immaculate Conception:
https://mycatholickids.com/immaculate-conception-full-grace/

About Our Lady of Guadalupe:
https://www.teachingcatholickids.com/celebrating-the-feast-of-our-lady-of-guadalupe/

 

Tugboat Challenge: The Advent Wreath

Remember to ‘light’ the second candle on your Advent Wreath today.

The Fleet Sources – 1 December 2024 – First Sunday of Advent – 1-C

Lukan Lights (N) (C)

Introduction, The Gospel According To Luke:
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/0

 

Hydra’s Heads of Heresy (N) – Lies and Heresies (C)

The Iconoclastic Heresy (actually, Heresies):
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07620a.htm

 St. John Damescene:
https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08459b.htm

 

Scriptural Secrets (N) – Hidden Gems (C)

 Kairos – defined in Fr. Hardon’s Modern Catholic Dictionary
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/dictionary/index.cfm?id=34428&randomterm=false

 

Agape Bible Study:
https://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Advent_Season/Advent_1_c

St.  Charles Borromeo Church, Picayune, MS
http://www.scborromeo.org/biblestu/c_adv_1.pdf

 

Catechetical Corner (N) – Catholic Passport (C)

Catechism of the Catholic Church(CCC 667, 1776, 771)

Imago Dei:
International Theological Commission – Human Persons Created in the Image of God:
https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20040723_communion-stewardship_en.html

 

 Catholic I.D. (T)

 Catechism of the Catholic Church – (CCC 460)


History in the Making (T)

St. Francis of Assisi and the first Nativity scene:
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/st-anthony-messenger/greccio-and-the-first-live-nativity-800-years-of-tradition/