Sources: Liturgical Year C – 2025

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*A Note about Weekly Sources: Please note that the source references below refer to article titles in The Catholic Navigator (N) and The Catholic Tugboat (T). The two publications are designed to relate closely to each other, though the content is written appropriate to the intended readers.

This Month's Source Materials

The Fleet Sources – 22 February 2026 – First Sunday of Lent- 15-A

Chasing Holiness (N)

The Prophet Hosea:
Branick, Vincent P. Understanding the Prophets and Their Books. New York: Paulist Press, 2012.

The Devil You Say (N)

About Satan:
https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=837

Tradition…Tradition (N)

Markers of our faith:
http://blog.archny.org/index.php/external-markers-of-our-faith/
and
http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/usccb-general-assembly/2012-november-meeting/presidential-address-cardinal-dolan.cfm
and
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_p-vi_apc_19660217_paenitemini_en.html

Scripture Secrets (N)

The desert:
Cavins, Jeff. Revelation. Ascension Press. 2008.
http://vox-nova.com/2011/03/22/adams-sin-and-christs-temptations-the-overcoming-of-greed-vainglory-and-avarice-in-the-desert/

Agape Bible Study – 1^st Sunday of Lent, Cycle A
http://www.agapebiblestudy.com/Sunday_Readings/Sunday_Readings.php?Sunday_Doc=Lenten_Season/Lent_1_a

It’s Been Said (N)

Origen’s Commentary on Gospel of Matthew:
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/101613.htm

Our Salvation History: The Binding of Isaac (T)

Genesis 22:1-19

The Fleet Sources – 15 February 2026 – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 12-A

Chasing Holiness (N)

Several Holy Fathers on the evil of Relativism:

Pope Pius IX:
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9syll.htm

Pope Leo XIII:
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Leo13/l13human.htm

Pope St. Pius X:
http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius10/p10lamen.htm

Pope Pius XII:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xii/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_12081950_humani-generis_en.html

Pope Francis:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1301340.htm

What’s In a Word (N)

Hypocrite:
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=Hypocrit&searchmode=none

New Testament Times (N)

Groups opposed to Jesus:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/portrait/portraits.html
and
https://wikis.engrade.com/jesusworldgr7/pol_in_pal

Catechetical Corner (N)

St. Thomas’ Summa Theologica:
http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/aquinas/summa/

Our Salvation History: Laughter, At Last (T)

Genesis 18:1-18; 21:1-8

The Fleet Sources – 8 February 2026- 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time- 11-A

Chasing Holiness (N)

St. Francis of Assisi:
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/francis.htm

New Testament Times (N)

Salt:
McKenzie, S.J., John L. Dictionary of the Bible. New York, Simon and Schuster, A Touchstone Book. pg 759
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_in_the_Bible

It’s Been Said (N)

St. Scholastica:
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=240

In the Year 1858 (N)

The apparitions at Lourdes:
http://www.miraclehunter.com/marian_apparitions/approved_apparitions/lourdes/miracles1.html

http://www.doxa.ws/other/Miracles.html

First of the three part series on Bernadette Soubirous and the apparitions at Lourdes:
http://www.mysticsofthechurch.com/2010/04/st-bernadette-of-lourdes-part-1.html

Our Salvation History: God Calls Abraham (T)

Genesis 14