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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 – 16 August 2025 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 40-A
This article provides an overview of the end of Saul’s monarchy and points to the beginning of David’s rule as King.
The Fleet Sources – 9 August 2026 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 39-A
Chasing Holiness (N)
Dominican House of Studies, Priory of the Immaculate Conception ~Aquinas on John: 17, Lecture 3 http://dhspriory.org/thomas/John17.htm, accessed April 1, 2014
Cavins, Jeff and Sarah Christmyer. Matthew, The King and His Kingdom. West Chester, Pennsylvania : Ascension Press, 2011.
*specifically pp. 79-84, and comments in Lecture 14 (DVD)
A Life Examined (N)
Author Mary Craig’s article on Blessed Maximilian Kolbe, published by the Catholic Truth Society, London prior to his canonization by Blessed Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982. This web posting is by EWTN. https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/KOLBE2.HTM
For information about the Militia Immaculata, the international society founded by St. Maximilian Kolbe, please visit Marytown, USA – Shrine and Home of the Militia Immaculata in the USA. http://www.marytown.com/
Our Salvation History: Saul’s Sin (T)
See 1 Samuel 28-31 for the story of Saul’s fall from God’s favor because he despaired of God’s help.
The Fleet Sources – 2 August, 2026 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 38-A
~ occasion of sin; examination of conscience Socias, Rev. James, ed. Our Moral Life in Christ, A Complete Course, in The Didache Series. Woodridge, Illinois: Midwest Theological Forum, 2003. *specifically pp. 66 and 130 for a more detailed discussion
McBrien, Richard P., Gen. Ed. The Harper Collins Encyclopedia of Catholicism. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco,1995. specifically pp. 928 and 499 for additional history.
Youngblood, Ronald F. Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Nashville, Tennessee: Nelson, 1995. *specifically pps. : portrait of a prophet and a description of the book Branick, Vincent P. Understanding the Prophets and Their Books. Paulist Press, 2012. *specifically pp. 188-194 for a brief look at authorship and the prophet. More important, see p. 200 for parallels between how this section of Isaiah is ending and how it began.
