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 – 5 July 2026 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 34-A

Saints Preserve Us! (N)

St. Benedict of Nursia

New Advent
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02467b.htm

American Catholic
https://www.americancatholic.org/features/saints/saint.aspx?id=1287

Christian Classics Ethereal Library, “Rule of St. Benedict”
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/benedict/rule

Catechetical Corner (N)

Branick, Vincent P. Understanding Paul and His Letters. New Jersey: Paulist Press, 2009.
*See specifically p. 260 for insight into Paul’s vision of what it meant to be ‘filled with the Spirit.’

Scriptural Secrets (N)

Judaism 101~ “halakah”
http://www.jewfaq.org/halakhah.htm

Our Salvation History: Here Comes the Judge! (T)

Catholic Culture – “Taking Scripture to heart: Joshua’s great lesson,” by Dr. Jeff Mirus
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/taking-scripture-to-heart-joshuas-great-lesson/

*Catholic Culture – “Making sense of the Old Testament God,” by Dr. Jeff Mirus
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/making-sense-old-testament-god/

Catholic Culture – “Judges: Every man did what was right in his own eyes,” by Dr. Jeff Mirus
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/judges-every-man-did-what-was-right-in-his-own-eyes/

Catholic Answers – The Book of Joshua
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/joshua

Bible Commentaries – George Haydock’s Catholic Bible Commentary, Joshua
https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/hcc/joshua.html

My Jewish Learning – “The Story of Samson, A muscle man with a weakness for the ladies,” by Elana Roth
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-story-of-samson/

Catholic Culture – “Judges: Every man did what was right in his own eyes,” by Dr. Jeff Mirus
https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/judges-every-man-did-what-was-right-in-his-own-eyes/

Believer’s Portal – List of 15 Judges
https://believersportal.com/list-15-judges-bible/

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