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The Ember Saturday of Whitsuntide

Posted on June 14, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Joel 2:28-32 (NKJV)   2:28 “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.   29 “And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will…

The Friday of Ember Week in Whitsuntide

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Joel 2:23-27 (NKJV)   2:23 Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God; For He has given you the former rain faithfully, and He will cause the rain to come down for you—the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.   24 The threshing floors…

The Thursday within the Octave of the Feast of Pentecost

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 (NKJV)   10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said: “In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. 36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord…

The Wednesday of Ember Week in Whitsuntide

Posted on June 11, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 6:44-52 (NKJV)   6:44 No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the…

The Tuesday of Whitsun-Week

Posted on June 10, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 3:16-21 (NKJV)   3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be…

The Monday of Whitsun-Week

Posted on June 9, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Acts 2:33-41 (NKJV)   2:33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.   34 “For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:   ‘The Lord said…

The Saturday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on June 7, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 8:12-19 (NKJV)   8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”   13 The Pharisees therefore said to Him, “You bear witness of Yourself; Your witness is not true.”  …

The Friday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 11:5-13 (NKJV)   11:5 And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;…

The Festival of St. Boniface, Bishop and Martyr

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 5:1-12 (NKJV)   5:1 And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:   3 “Blessed care the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   4 “Blessed…

The Wednesday after Exaudi Sunday

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ezekiel 11:14-20 (NKJV)   11:14 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 15 “Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ‘Get far away from the Lord; this land has been…