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The Monday after Misericordias Domini Sunday

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 10:1-11 (NKJV)   10:1 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the…

The Saturday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday

Posted on May 3, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 (NKJV)   3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under guard by the law, kept for the faith which would afterward be revealed. 24 Therefore the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after faith has come, we are no…

The Festival of St. Athanasius of Alexandria, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:5-14 (NKJV)   4:5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory…

The Festival of St. Philip and St. James, Apostles

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22 (NKJV)   2:19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted…

The Wednesday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-25 (NKJV)   1:22 Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,…

The Tuesday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Colossians 2:9-15 (NKJV)   2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.   11 In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins…

The Monday after Quasi modo geniti Sunday

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ezekiel 36:22-27 (NKJV)   36:22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which…

The Saturday within the Octave of the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 28:16-20 (NKJV)   28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.   18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and…

The Festival of St. Mark, Evangelist

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ephesians 4:7-13 (NKJV)   4:7 But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore He says:   “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.”   9 (Now this, “He ascended”—what does it mean but that He also first…

The Thursday within the Octave of the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 28:1-8 (NKJV)   28:1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the…