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Festival of St. Stephen, Deacon and Protomartyr

Posted on December 26, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:57-66 (NKJV)   1:57 Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered, and she brought forth a son. 58 When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.   59 So it was, on the eighth day, that they came…

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:46-56 (NKJV)   1:46 And Mary said:   “My soul magnifies the Lord,   47 and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.   48 For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.   49 For He who is mighty…

Eve of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:39-45 (NKJV)   1:39 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and…

Monday after Rorate coeli, The Fourth Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 1:18-25 (NKJV)   1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example,…

Saturday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:26-38 (NKJV)   1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel…

Friday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 1:1-25 (NKJV)   1:1 Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to set in order a narrative of those things which have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also,…

Thursday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: James 5:7-11 (NKJV)   5:7 Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. 8 You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is…

Wednesday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 12:35-59 (NKJV)   12:35 “Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; 36 and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants whom the master,…

Tuesday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 21:5-24 (NKJV)   21:5 Then, as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and donations, He said, 6 “These things which you see—the days will come in which not one stone shall be left upon another that shall not be thrown down.”   7 So they asked…

Monday after Gaudete, The Third Sunday in Advent

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 10:35-39 (NKJV)   10:35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:   37 “For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will…