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The Saturday after the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Ephesians 1:3-6 (NKJV)   1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, 4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him…

The Friday after the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on January 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 Thursday after the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-12 (NKJV)   1:1 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being…

The Festival of the Circumcision and Name of Jesus

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:21 (NKJV)   2:21 And when eight days were completed for the circumcision of the Child, His name was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb.   Devotion   This Festival is not all about the Lord’s first shedding of blood, but about our…

The Tuesday after the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 31, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Luke 2:22-24 (NKJV)   2:22 Now when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to…

The Monday after the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 2:13-18 (NKJV)   2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”  …

The Festival of the Holy Innocents

Posted on December 28, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 2:13-18 (NKJV)   2:13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”  …

The Festival of St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. John 21:19-24 (NKJV)   21:19 This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, “Follow Me.”   20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said,…

The Festival of St. Stephen, Martyr

Posted on December 26, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: St. Matthew 23:34-39 (NKJV)   23:34 Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth,…

The Feast of the Nativity of our Lord

Posted on December 25, 2024 by Pastor Dulas in Devotions
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Scripture: Isaiah 7:10-14 (NKJV)   7:10 Moreover the Lord spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11 “Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God; ask it either in the depth or in the height above.”   12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, nor will I test the Lord!”   13 Then he…